Riley Exploration Permian is a publicly traded oil and gas operator with a major position in Yoakum County, Texas, which it calls its Champions development area. Its acreage sits on the Northwest Shelf of the Permian Basin, near established San Andres fields. Riley reported 34,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day of companywide production in the second quarter of 2026; that figure includes assets outside Yoakum County. Riley operations overview · Second-quarter 2026 results
An analysis of 31 Riley well-permit records from 2026 identifies 19 surface pads using a 50-metre, transitive coordinate grouping. Ten pads contain multiple permits. Ringo, for example, has four permits on two distinct pads in the same survey area, while Hoss has three permits on one pad. This is the surface persona: repeated well locations organized across related leases and sections, with separate pads serving the same broader development area.
The subsurface persona is more concentrated. Twenty-seven permits name Platang (San Andres) as the primary field; most are horizontal oil wells with a listed projected depth of 9,000 feet. Two permits identify deeper Devonian injection fields, while two records have an incomplete “Platang” field label. The San Andres is a geologically varied carbonate formation, with dolomite, limestone and evaporite-bearing intervals deposited across shelf environments. Repeating a field name and projected depth suggests a standardized permitting pattern, but does not mean reservoir quality is identical from pad to pad. Nor does the deeper injection activity, by itself, establish stacked oil-reservoir development. University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology · Texas Railroad Commission Platang field order
The records also show a project cadence. The first licence date in this set is January 14. Eighteen wells have Activity Dates between February 17 and September 11, while 13 have no Activity Date in the file. Among the six pads with at least two dated wells, the average time between their first and last recorded activity is five days. Activity Dates are useful scheduling signals, although the file does not provide rig identities or independently confirm completion and first production.
Fred White offers a closer look at how surface facilities may fit that cadence. Its two San Andres oil permits share a pad; one has a September 11 Activity Date. Riley’s separate Fred White Production Facility air permit was issued September 9, followed by a September 21 application for a Fred White saltwater-disposal facility that remains pending. The shared project name and timing point to production handling and water management being planned alongside well activity. The supplied facility records do not establish a direct connection to either well or place the facilities on the pad.
Taken together, the permits portray a repeatable San Andres development program: multiple wells on selected pads, additional pads across established survey areas, and related facility planning. The next evidence to watch is completed-well data, facility construction and production results—each would show how much of the permitted program has moved into operation.
Fred White project — updated Surface Persona
The second air permit strengthens the link between Riley Permian’s P04 Fred White well pad and a broader Fred White development area. Riley has an issued production-facility permit and a separate pending saltwater-disposal registration in Yoakum County.
Asset Project / permit Status Key date P04 Fred White well pad 2 horizontal San Andres oil permits 1 well record has an Activity Date Sep 11, 2026 Fred White Production Facility 414693 / 185200 Issued; complete Sep 9, 2026 Fred White SWD 415167 / 185412 Pending Received Sep 21, 2026
Updated persona: Fred White shows a coordinated well pad and production-facility development signal: the production-facility permit was issued two days before P04’s recorded well activity. The later SWD application indicates planned water-handling capacity. Together, these are stronger evidence of supporting surface infrastructure than the well permits alone.
The two facility descriptions point to distinct locations along McCan Road, and neither supplied air-permit record includes coordinates or a well-to-facility connection. They should therefore be associated with the Fred White project area, not assigned directly to P04. The permits do not change the Sub-Surface Persona: P04 still contains two San Andres oil-well records, and the SWD application does not establish stacked-reservoir development.
Author: phinds