OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 101883
Tanos Exploration IV, LLC
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 7, 2025
- Based in
- Tyler, TX
- Most permits, 12 months
- Rusk County
Tanos Exploration IV, LLC was issued 11 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 2 in the prior year, across 4 counties led by Rusk with 6. 91% were horizontal.
3 were issued in the past 90 days, versus 4 in the prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship (6 producing, 3 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 154K barrels of oil and 902K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 130% on the year before.
16 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2024; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 7, 2025.
- 11
- permits, last 12 months
- +450%
- vs prior 12 months (2)
- 4
- counties, 12 months
- 6
- producing wells, of 9 of record
- 6
- leases it reports
- 91%
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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.
- 100%
- spud rate · 9 of 9 mature permits
- 17
- median days permit to spud · middle half 12–29
- 4
- spuds, last 180 days +0%
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 0
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 3 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 11 · prior 12 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusk county → | 6 | 6 | 0 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Harrison county → | 2 | 6 | 5 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Panola county → | 2 | 2 | 1 | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Upshur county → | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mar 4, 2026 |
All 16 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Paluxy | 8 | 8 |
| Nacatoch | 7 | 7 |
| Pettit | 6 | 6 |
| Rodessa | 6 | 6 |
| Glen Rose | 6 | 6 |
| Blossom | 6 | 6 |
| Goodland | 5 | 5 |
| Cotton Valley | 4 | 4 |
| Travis Peak | 4 | 4 |
| Woodbine | 2 | 2 |
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 →
- 154K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +130%
- vs the 12 months before
- 902K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 221K
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Apr 2026 154,343
Tanos Exploration IV, 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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Whelan (Pettit)96789125 | 4 | 4 |
| Carthage (Haynesville Shale)16032300 | 2 | 0 |
| Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)34943300 | 2 | 1 |
| Rosewood (Cotton Valley)78330500 | 1 | 1 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Nov 7, 2025
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 5467 New Copeland RD
- Tyler, TX 75703
- (903) 597-7667
- Officers and agents
- Brandon, Mark A · President,ceo
- McLeod, Jeremy · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
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