PERMITS · OKLAHOMA · NEWEST APPROVAL FIRST
Empire Operating LLC intents to drill
In Oklahoma a drilling permit is an intent to drill, approved by OCC. A well can hold several: the first, its amendments, a recompletion. This is one row per well under its newest approved intent, with what has happened since. For intents approved since mid-2025 the wellbore type and target formation are not in the data yet, so the newest rows show a depth and a dash for the rest.
Wellbore
Since approval
10 INTENTS TO DRILL · PAGE 1 OF 1
| Approved | Well | Operator | County | Permit for | Proposed formation | Target depth | Now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2011 | Shorter #1 35-137-26785 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | New drill | Armstrong UP | 2,560 | Spudded May 1, 2011 |
| Jul 6, 2005 | Reavis #1 35-137-26245 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | New drill | Cisco, Pontotoc | 2,700 | Spudded Jul 22, 2005 |
| May 1, 2003 | Armstrong #1 35-137-25917 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | New drill | Cisco | 2,500 | Spudded May 13, 2003 |
| Feb 12, 2001 | Johnson #3 35-137-04858 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | Recompletion | Cisco, Hoxbar | 2,528 | Spudded Dec 15, 1944 |
| Feb 12, 2001 | Baker Harry #1 35-137-04883 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | Recompletion | Cisco UP | 2,710 | Spudded Dec 27, 1943 |
| Sep 1, 1999 | Armstrong #5 35-137-04863 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | Recompletion | Cisco | 2,462 | Spudded Mar 1, 1947 |
| Jul 21, 1999 | Baker Harry #4 35-137-04884 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | Recompletion | Cisco | 2,521 | Spudded Jun 1, 1945 |
| Feb 10, 1999 | Johnson #4 35-137-04855 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | Recompletion | Cisco | 2,544 | Spudded Feb 10, 1947 |
| Feb 10, 1999 | Johnson #2 35-137-04857 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | Recompletion | Cisco | 2,479 | Spudded Apr 13, 1944 |
| Feb 10, 1999 | Reavis #5 35-137-04861 | Empire Operating LLC | Stephens | Recompletion | Cisco | 2,490 | Spudded Feb 12, 1947 |
About this data
Oklahoma Corporation Commission: the latest intent to drill on each well record, with its approval date, the formation and depth the operator proposed, and the well's spud date where one is on file. A well whose intent to drill was re-approved appears once, under its latest approval. What the intent to drill is for is OCC's application type, in shared words with OCC's own beside them. Nothing is estimated.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/permits?state=ok, documented in the API reference.