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BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC
BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC is registered with the Railroad Commission of Texas as operator #073056. It holds 6,058 wellbores on record, 2,987 of them producing. It has 268 drilling permits on record across 5 Texas counties (Crane, Winkler, Wheeler and 2 more), most recently on 2026-10-07. 118 of those permits are horizontal wells — the kind that can drain minerals a mile or more from the surface location.
The mineral owners under BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC's new permits
For mineral buyers and landmen: when BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC files a new W-1 drilling permit, the Permit Owner File matches it to the listed mineral owners under the tract and delivers them that Monday with mailing addresses, for every operator filing in the package counties.
Recent permits by BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC
| Filed | County | Lease | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | Crane | SALINAS 1WC | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-07 | Crane | SALINAS 1WA | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-07 | Crane | SALINAS 1M | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-07 | Crane | SALINAS 1LA | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-07 | Crane | SALINAS 1J | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-07 | Crane | SALINAS 1G | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-05 | Crane | SALINAS | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-05 | Crane | SALINAS | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-05 | Crane | SALINAS | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-05 | Crane | SALINAS | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-05 | Crane | SALINAS | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-10-05 | Crane | SALINAS | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-09 | Winkler | GILDED LADY | Recompletion | |
| 2026-09-01 | Crane | WADDELL 13-25 6BN | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-01 | Crane | WADDELL TR 3 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-01 | Crane | WADDELL TR 3 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-01 | Crane | WADDELL TR 3 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-09-01 | Crane | DAVY JONES N | Recompletion | |
| 2026-09-01 | Crane | DAVY JONES N | Recompletion | |
| 2026-08-31 | Crane | DAVY JONES N | Recompletion | |
| 2026-08-31 | Crane | DAVY JONES N | Recompletion | |
| 2026-08-24 | Crane | WADDELL TR A | Recompletion | |
| 2026-08-06 | Winkler | SHIELD MAIDEN 54-55 | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-21 | Crane | MCKNIGHT SAND HILLS UNIT | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-16 | Crane | WADDELL TR A | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-16 | Crane | WADDELL TR A | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-07-16 | Crane | WADDELL TR A | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-06-26 | Winkler | KRAKEN 12-11 1G | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-06-23 | Winkler | BARQUE S | Drill | Horiz |
| 2026-06-22 | Winkler | SEALY SMITH FOUNDATION -A- | Drill | Horiz |
Where BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC operates
| County | Permits | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| Crane County | 219 | 2026-10-07 |
| Winkler County | 45 | 2026-09-09 |
| Wheeler County | 2 | 2021-12-20 |
| Hemphill County | 1 | 2021-12-28 |
| Ward County | 1 | 2017-12-15 |
Fields BLACKBEARD OPERATING, LLC holds wells in
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| NEWARK EAST (BARNETT SHALE) | 1,140 | 961 |
| DUNE | 555 | 95 |
| SAND HILLS (MCKNIGHT) | 549 | 90 |
| WADDELL | 351 | 36 |
| SAND HILLS (TUBB) | 262 | 51 |
| BUFFALO WALLOW (GRANITE WASH) | 243 | 148 |
| MENDOTA NW. (GRANITE WASH) | 223 | 164 |
| HEMPHILL (GRANITE WASH.) | 208 | 118 |
| KEYSTONE (COLBY) | 200 | 27 |
| KERMIT | 176 | 4 |
| SAND HILLS (JUDKINS) | 161 | 69 |
| UNIVERSITY WADDELL (DEVONIAN) | 106 | 34 |
Permits filed by year
| Year | Permits | Horizontal |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 95 | 78 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 16 | 14 |
| 2023 | 28 | 11 |
| 2022 | 28 | 2 |
| 2021 | 40 | 8 |
| 2020 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21 | 0 |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 |
The permit feed carries a rolling recent window, so early years are partial. Well counts above come from the full current wellbore file.