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OPERATORS · RRC 743279  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sahara Oper Co

Midland, TX

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Sahara Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 11, 2012.

The RRC wellbore file lists 195 wells under its operatorship (55 producing, 10 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 48.7K barrels of oil and 5.15K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 5% on the year before.

It holds 14 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 597K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

44 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
55
producing wells, of 195 of record
80
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED OCT 29, 2026

From permit to spud

FROM THE DATES ON ITS W-1 PERMITS · ALL TIME

A permit is a plan, not a well. These figures count only permits old enough to have spudded, six months and more, and read the spud, cancel, and expiry dates the RRC records on each one.

86%
spud rate · 38 of 44 mature permits
18
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–51
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
6
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 21 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Reagan county →—1543May 5, 2012
Ector county →—109Oct 11, 2012
Loving county →—48Jun 1, 2001
Upton county →—40Jan 15, 1998
Crane county →—31Oct 10, 1997
Gaines county →—22Jun 5, 2001
Midland county →—20Jun 16, 1992
Reeves county →—20Oct 17, 2001
Crockett county →—118Apr 20, 1993
Martin county →—110Jul 7, 1993

All 44 permits, searchable → · Leases it reports → · On the map →

Formations in its completed wells

Tops reported on completion filings for wells it operates. RRC wellbore file. About tops →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Yates110
Grayburg80
Clear Fork70
Wolfcamp40
San Andres40
Spraberry30
Queen20
Seven Rivers20
Dean20
Strawn20
Canyon10
Ellenburger10
Devonian10
Fusselman10
Tubb10

Production by month

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Barrels on leases where this operator filed the production report. Lease-level by design; the latest months are revised upward as late reports arrive. How production is reported →

48.7K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-5%
vs the 12 months before
5.15K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
3.46M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 48,652 · prior 12 51,236(-5%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 5,153 · prior 12 30,326(-83%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

195
on the schedule
55
producing
10
shut in
4
injection
0
temp. abandoned
75
plugged

How it got them

13
permitted itself
20
acquired from others
20
permitted, now run by others

Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Disposal and injection

14
active UIC permits of 27
21.3K
permitted bbl/day, active
597K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Crockett2 active8.1K bbl/d
Howard9 active5.9K bbl/d
Ector1 active5K bbl/d
Reagan1 active2K bbl/d
Andrews1 active300 bbl/d
Pecos0 active0 bbl/d

Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →

Permit types

Last 12 months against the prior 12, and all time. A type opens the permit history filtered to it. What the types mean →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0038
Recompletion004
Reenter002

Fields

RRC regulatory fields with the most wells of record under this operator. The field opens its page; the count opens this operator's wells in it.

FieldWellsProducing
Snyder844690014828
Spraberry (Trend Area)85280300365
Calvin (Dean)14937333170
Howard Glasscock42971001170
Howard-Glasscock (Glorieta)42971332150
Clara Couch185000011210
Wheat9674200180
Howard Glasscock (Consolidated)4297120060
World9879600150
Cowden North (Clear Fork)2128940054
Coyanosa W. (Delaware 5200)2139050040
Cowden North (Canyon)2128918021

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 4, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
P O Box 4130
Midland, TX 79704
(432) 556-3417
Officers and agents
McAlpine, Robert B. · President
McAlpine, George Westcott · Vice President
McAlpine, Elizabeth Lee · Secretary,treasurer

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
748893Oct 11, 2012Oct 11, 2012Sahara Operating CompanyEctorJohnson 42 #1310,30013542087
737818May 5, 2012May 5, 2012Sahara Operating CompanyReaganJackson Hughes -24- #310,00038337785
736970Apr 21, 2012Apr 21, 2012Sahara Operating CompanyReaganJackson Hughes -24- #410,00038337770
724197Sep 21, 2011Sep 21, 2011Sahara Operating CompanyEctorJohnson 31 #19,40013541332
714827Apr 29, 2011Apr 29, 2011Sahara Operating CompanyReaganBest University "5" #110,58138334233
626541Oct 4, 2006Oct 4, 2006Sahara Operating CompanyReaganState SD #13,65038330692
524521Oct 14, 2002Oct 14, 2002Sahara Operating CompanyEctorSmith "19" #55,30013538279
524385Oct 9, 2002Oct 9, 2002Sahara Operating CompanyEctorSmith "19" #15,30013536903
524384Oct 9, 2002Oct 9, 2002Sahara Operating CompanyEctorSmith "19" #35,30013536911
514399Oct 17, 2001Oct 17, 2001Sahara Operating CompanyReevesMcGowen 6 #15,40038932236
509496Jun 5, 2001Jun 5, 2001Sahara Operating CompanyGainesLove 14 #17,10016535756
509497Jun 1, 2001Jun 1, 2001Sahara Operating CompanyLovingDickson 21 #15,30030131127
491616Feb 1, 2000Feb 1, 2000Sahara Operating CompanyReaganUniversity-Pickrell "23" -A- #32,90038335043
489945Dec 1, 1999Dec 1, 1999OXY USA Inc.EctorRJ #190113,90013537785
489945Dec 1, 1999Dec 1, 1999OXY USA Inc.EctorRJ 19 #113,87113537785

Full permit history →

About this data

Registration from the RRC P-5 organization report, refreshed weekly. Permits from the OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wells of record from the EWA wellbore schedule; production from PDQ lease reports at the last vintage; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/operators/tx/743279, documented in the API reference.