OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 744095
Salida Exploration, LLC
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 22, 2026
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Kent County
Salida Exploration, LLC was issued 2 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 2 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Kent with 1. 0% were horizontal.
1 was issued in the past 90 days, versus 1 in the prior quarter. 1 was issued in the past week.
The RRC wellbore file lists 43 wells under its operatorship (18 producing, 5 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 18.8K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 15% on the year before.
It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 175K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
82 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2004; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 22, 2026.
- 2
- permits, last 12 months
- +0%
- vs prior 12 months (2)
- 2
- counties, 12 months
- 18
- producing wells, of 43 of record
- 27
- leases it reports
- 0%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 6, 2026
From permit to spud
FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME
A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.
- 95%
- spud rate · 76 of 80 mature permits
- 36
- median days permit to spud · middle half 17–64
- 1
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 5
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 22 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 2 · prior 12 2(+0%)
Counties
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King county → | 1 | 25 | 16 | Nov 2, 2026 |
| Kent county → | 1 | 1 | 2 | Jul 23, 2026 |
| Refugio county → | — | 24 | 10 | Jun 14, 2013 |
| Dickens county → | — | 8 | 4 | Aug 30, 2023 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 7 | 5 | Sep 18, 2025 |
| Taylor county → | — | 6 | 3 | Aug 1, 2018 |
| Bee county → | — | 4 | 2 | Jul 7, 2005 |
| Haskell county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 21, 2012 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 28, 2009 |
| Callahan county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 10, 2017 |
| Shackelford county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 12, 2015 |
| Victoria county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 12, 2008 |
All 82 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →
Formations in its completed wells
Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Tannehill | 7 | 1 |
| Coleman Junction | 5 | 0 |
| Frio | 4 | 0 |
| Saddle Creek | 4 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 3 | 0 |
| Cisco | 3 | 0 |
| Palo Pinto | 1 | 0 |
| Oakville | 1 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 1 | 0 |
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →
- 18.8K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +15%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 765K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Last 12 months 18,836 · prior 12 16,363(+15%)
Salida Exploration, LLC: Oil by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
How it got them
Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. Transfers and operator numbers →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 2.4K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 175K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Refugio | 1 active | 800 bbl/d |
| King | 2 active | 600 bbl/d |
| Stonewall | 2 active | 500 bbl/d |
| Kent | 1 active | 500 bbl/d |
All 7 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Permit types
Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →
Fields
RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Bacon 107 (Tannehill)4924400 | 7 | 5 |
| One Joint Off (Tannehill)67329700 | 6 | 2 |
| Steele Hill (Tannehill)85810480 | 6 | 4 |
| Cedar Break (Tannehill)16540500 | 5 | 3 |
| Cactus (Frio Massive)14475200 | 4 | 0 |
| Roche S. (Chamberlain)77543075 | 4 | 0 |
| Taylor County Regular88520001 | 3 | 2 |
| Roche (6000 Sand)77538747 | 2 | 0 |
| Foster Ranch (Tannehill)32320380 | 1 | 0 |
| Shackelford County Regular82522001 | 1 | 0 |
| Springer 168 (Tannehill)85356380 | 1 | 1 |
| Moss Gully (Frio 3910)63185200 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active – Extension (X)
- Last filed Jul 22, 2026
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 310 N Willis Suite 236
- Abilene, TX 79603
- (325) 668-2398
- Officers and agents
- King, Gregory Noland · Manager
- Carlson, Levi · Filing Agent
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 919844 | Nov 4, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Simpson #7A | 4,000 | 26933077 |
| 916893 | Jul 23, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | Salida Exploration, LLC | Kent | Beadle #1A | 5,000 | 26332183 |
| 910524 | Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 | Salida Exploration, LLC | Stonewall | Graham 'A' #1 | 4,000 | 43334255 |
| 910523 | Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 18, 2025 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Simpson #6A | 4,000 | 26933064 |
| 903671 | Nov 1, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Bacon 'C' #1C | 4,000 | 26933048 |
| 903665 | Oct 30, 2024 | Oct 30, 2024 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Bacon 114 #3B | 4,000 | 26933047 |
| 893504 | Sep 13, 2023 | Sep 13, 2023 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Bacon 114 #2B | 4,000 | 26933029 |
| 893505 | Sep 7, 2023 | Sep 7, 2023 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Crum #4 | 4,000 | 26933028 |
| 893288 | Aug 30, 2023 | Aug 30, 2023 | Salida Exploration, LLC | Dickens | Bull Pasture #1 | 6,000 | 12531415 |
| 882100 | Jul 19, 2022 | Jul 19, 2022 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Bacon 114 #1B | 4,000 | 26933010 |
| 882054 | Jul 15, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Crum #3 | 4,000 | 26933009 |
| 882050 | Jul 15, 2022 | Jul 15, 2022 | Salida Exploration, LLC | Dickens | McGalliard #1A | 5,000 | 12531408 |
| 878172 | Mar 24, 2022 | Mar 24, 2022 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Crum #2 | 4,000 | 26933008 |
| 877360 | Mar 2, 2022 | Mar 2, 2022 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Crum #1 | 4,000 | 26933007 |
| 873979 | Nov 3, 2021 | Nov 3, 2021 | Salida Exploration, LLC | King | Springer '148' #1 | 6,500 | 26932997 |
About this data
Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
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