Riley Exploration Permian, Inc.
An independent oil and gas producer that drills horizontal wells into oil-rich rock in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, producing crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. It took its current form in 2021, when the public company Tengasco merged with the private firm Riley Exploration–Permian, founded by veteran oilman Bobby Riley, whose name the company now carries. Riley is also a named inventor on patented drilling equipment licensed to Baker Hughes.