Where does FDL OPERATING, LLC operate in Texas?

FDL OPERATING, LLC has filed drilling permits in Ector County.

Is FDL OPERATING, LLC still drilling?

FDL OPERATING, LLC has filed no new drilling permits in the last year. Its most recent permit on record was 2020-12-17.

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FDL OPERATING, LLC

RRC operator #263924 · permits 2026-10-15 · completions 2026-02-13 · well status 2026-10

FDL OPERATING, LLC is registered with the Railroad Commission of Texas as operator #263924. It holds 5,399 wellbores on record, 2,843 of them producing. It has 6 drilling permits on record across 1 Texas county (Ector), most recently on 2020-12-17. 2 of those permits are horizontal wells — the kind that can drain minerals a mile or more from the surface location.

Drilling permits

0 last year

Wells on record

5,399

2,843 producing

Horizontal permits

Counties

The mineral owners under FDL OPERATING, LLC's new permits

For mineral buyers and landmen: when FDL 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 FDL OPERATING, LLC

Filed	County	Lease	Type	Flags
2020-12-17	Ector	STEAKLEY 44	Recompletion
2017-12-02	Ector	AVERITT A	Drill	HorizRule 37
2017-12-02	Ector	AVERITT	Field Transfer	Horiz
2017-12-02	Ector	AVERITT	Field Transfer	Rule 38
2017-12-02	Ector	AVERITT	Field Transfer	Rule 38
2017-11-02	Ector	AVERITT	Field Transfer	Rule 38

Where FDL OPERATING, LLC operates

County	Permits	Most recent
Ector County	6	2020-12-17

Fields FDL OPERATING, LLC holds wells in

Field	Wells	Producing
FUHRMAN-MASCHO	1,467	879
NEWARK EAST (BARNETT SHALE)	1,099	995
NENA LUCIA (STRAWN REEF)	346	21
GOLDSMITH (CLEAR FORK)	281	143
TEX-MEX SE. (WICHITA ALBANY)	275	205
HOOPLE (CLEAR FORK)	219	37
JAMESON	164	15
HOWARD GLASSCOCK (CONSOLIDATED)	122	20
ROBERTSON N. (CLEAR FORK 7100)	121	65
SPRABERRY (TREND AREA)	110	108
I. A. B. (MENIELLE PENN.)	96	12
SALLIE ANN (SPRABERRY-WOLFCAMP)	95	0

Permits filed by year

Year	Permits	Horizontal
2020	1	0
2017	5	2

The permit feed carries a rolling recent window, so early years are partial. Well counts above come from the full current wellbore file.

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This report compiles and structures publicly available oil & gas records from the Railroad Commission of Texas — drilling permits, completions, well status, and lease production. We monitor development activity and public filings near a location you tell us about; we do NOT determine mineral ownership, confirm what you own, or provide legal, tax, or investment advice. Nothing here replaces a title opinion, a landman, or reading the official RRC filing. Activity is mapped to the locations the operator filed with the RRC: the permit surface location (NAD27, precision disclaimed by the RRC) and, for horizontal permits in owner files, the W-1H terminus tract. Neither is a title-verified mineral tract. Data is current only as of the source vintage shown on the page. Our total liability for any report is capped at the amount you paid for it. Found an error? Reply to any email and a human will correct it.