Bonded Operator of Record

You own the asset.
We run the well.

Our name on the permit. Our bond behind it. Our credit on the vendor invoices, and our accounting paying your owners every month. Contract operating for conventional development, research drilling, and advanced energy programs.

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30 + Years operating
3 States bonded
4 Safety & compliance programs
What we do

Four lines of work, one operator behind all of them

Most of it is conventional and unglamorous, and that is the point — it is the reason people trust us with the projects that are not.

01

Contract Operating

Bonded operator of record for owners who want the asset without building a company around it.

  • State bonding, permits and regulatory filings
  • Master service agreements and approved vendors
  • Established vendor credit and references
  • Joint interest billing and revenue distribution
  • Field supervision, maintenance and workovers
02

Research Drilling Active

Operating partner for university and institutional drilling programs — scientific objectives, academic funding cycles, and a rig that still has to satisfy a state regulator.

  • Continuous coring programs
  • Permitting and regulatory interface
  • Rig selection, contracting and site logistics
  • Scheduling against grant timelines
03

Advanced Energy Active

Site characterization and deep borehole work for next-generation power projects. Different industry, same rock, same discipline.

  • Site characterization boreholes
  • Deep borehole drilling
  • Comprehensive logging and formation data
  • First-of-a-kind program support
04

Asset Optimization

A well shut in for years with the pumping unit removed is not necessarily a dead well. Sometimes it is twenty-five barrels a day.

  • Shut-in and stranded well evaluation
  • Return-to-production work
  • Distressed property analysis
  • Deferring plugging liabilities
The transfer

What moves, the day we take over

People who have only worked inside large organizations are often surprised by this part. On your own, you are nobody, and vendors treat you accordingly. Every credit application, every master service agreement, every reference — from scratch, before a single foot of hole gets drilled.

We have already done all of it.

Currently bonded in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. New states are paperwork, not a barrier. Tell us where the project is.
On your own
With BOS
Post your own bond in every state
Our bond, our filing, our name
Negotiate every master service agreement
Already executed
Vendors ask for payment up front
Credit and references established
Build a back office to run joint interest billing
Accounting staff in house
Find and pay every mineral owner monthly
Revenue distribution handled
Hire field supervision
Our people on location
Carry the regulatory exposure yourself
It sits with us
Current work

What we're running right now

Three active programs, in three different corners of the business.

Coring operations on the DeepDust scientific drilling program
Research Drilling

DeepDust: a continuous Permian core

Basin is named among the partners on DeepDust — the ICDP- and NSF-funded scientific drilling program led by the University of Oklahoma. First core on deck 16 August 2026.

  • 6,500 ft Drilled
  • 4,951 ft Core recovered
  • 98.76% Cored section recovered
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Deep borehole drilling rig on location
Advanced Energy

Boreholes for a first-of-a-kind power program

Deep borehole drilling and subsurface characterization for an advanced nuclear developer. Different industry, same rock, same rig, same discipline.

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Drilling rig on a contract operating location
Contract Operating

Horizontal development, eastern Oklahoma

Full contract operatorship for a private exploration company and its investor group — drilling, completions, accounting, and distributions back to the partners.

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Leadership

The people you'll actually work with

A small operating team, backed by four decades of contract operating experience behind them.

Alan Pfortmiller, Vice President - Drilling, Completions and Reservoir
Alan Pfortmiller
Vice President — Drilling, Completions & Reservoir
Travis Gray, Vice President - Production and Facilities
Travis Gray
Vice President — Production & Facilities
Larry Davis, Drilling Manager
Larry Davis
Drilling Manager
Scott Smalling, Chief Financial Officer
Scott Smalling
Chief Financial Officer
Jeff Hubbard, Executive Sales
Jeff Hubbard
Executive Sales

Behind this team sits the executive group of the Basin companies, including more than forty years of contract operating experience.

Contact

Tell us about the project

Whether you have leases and no operator, a research program that needs a rig on the ground, or wells you suspect are worth more than they are producing — start here.

Phone

405-228-0808

Office

1117 NW 24th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106

Affiliate

Engineering services through Basin Engineering →

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