OPERATORS · RRC 747009 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSanchez-O'Brien Oil & Gas Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 6, 1998.
The RRC wellbore file lists 98 wells under its operatorship.
493 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 6, 1998.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 98 of record
- 29
- 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.
- 37%
- spud rate · 181 of 493 mature permits
- 18
- median days permit to spud · middle half 7–48
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 5 permits
- 308
- expired undrilled
- 25
- permits a year over 20 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webb county → | — | 141 | 33 | Aug 27, 1996 |
| Starr county → | — | 87 | 3 | Apr 6, 1998 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 42 | 23 | Oct 2, 1997 |
| Duval county → | — | 32 | 7 | Nov 13, 1997 |
| Zapata county → | — | 29 | 10 | Apr 2, 1998 |
| Nueces county → | — | 21 | 7 | Nov 15, 1985 |
| Chambers county → | — | 14 | 5 | Oct 31, 1995 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 12 | 1 | Aug 26, 1997 |
| Goliad county → | — | 9 | 1 | Jan 29, 1997 |
| Aransas county → | — | 8 | 0 | May 21, 1997 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 7 | 1 | Nov 25, 1996 |
| Hidalgo county → | — | 7 | 0 | Nov 12, 1997 |
| Karnes county → | — | 7 | 1 | Nov 17, 1994 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 7 | 1 | Mar 23, 1993 |
| McMullen county → | — | 6 | 0 | Sep 22, 1994 |
| Glasscock county → | — | 5 | 0 | Mar 31, 1998 |
| Kenedy county → | — | 5 | 0 | Apr 12, 1995 |
| LA Salle county → | — | 5 | 0 | Aug 24, 1990 |
| Polk county → | — | 5 | 0 | Jan 3, 1986 |
| Dimmit county → | — | 4 | 0 | Mar 21, 1991 |
| Galveston county → | — | 4 | 0 | Nov 21, 1983 |
| Liberty county → | — | 4 | 0 | Aug 16, 1984 |
| Calhoun county → | — | 3 | 0 | Aug 24, 1988 |
| Irion county → | — | 3 | 0 | May 2, 1985 |
| Willacy county → | — | 3 | 0 | Sep 15, 1997 |
| Andrews county → | — | 2 | 4 | Sep 8, 1980 |
| Frio county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 20, 1991 |
| Jasper county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 20, 1981 |
| Sterling county → | — | 2 | 1 | Aug 5, 1982 |
| Yoakum county → | — | 2 | 0 | Apr 2, 1998 |
| Borden county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 5, 1981 |
| Gaines county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 29, 1981 |
| Harris county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 12, 1986 |
| Jackson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 13, 1978 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 20, 1989 |
| Jim Wells county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 16, 1978 |
| Kaufman county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 4, 1981 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 10, 1979 |
| Limestone county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 17, 1981 |
| Montgomery county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 23, 1981 |
| Newton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Sep 9, 1997 |
| Orange county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 31, 1984 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 24, 1981 |
All 493 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 →
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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 264K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last three years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 98
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 88
- plugged
How it got them
- 64
- permitted itself
- 27
- acquired from others
- 115
- permitted, now run by others
Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 407 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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.
| Field | Wells | Producing |
|---|---|---|
| Wildcat8001 | 10 | 0 |
| Laredo (Lobo)52025500 | 8 | 0 |
| George West West (8500)34501955 | 4 | 0 |
| George West W (6400)34501360 | 4 | 0 |
| Wemac (Wolfcamp)96291666 | 4 | 0 |
| Bashara-Hereford (7300)5993600 | 3 | 0 |
| Whites Bayou S. (TX Warreni)97019300 | 3 | 0 |
| Barrera (Lobo 6)5813500 | 3 | 0 |
| George West West (8600)34501960 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob West (L-18 20 21 22)10041228 | 2 | 0 |
| Big Mac (Lobo 7870)7948500 | 2 | 0 |
| George West West (11400)34501990 | 2 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 6, 1998
- Address
- 5847 San Felipe Suite 1900
- Houston, TX 77057
- Officers and agents
- O'Brien, Brian E. · Texas Resident Agent
- Sanchez, A. R. Jr. · Chairman
- O'Brien, Brian E. · Vice Chairman/President
- Freeman, N.M. · Vice President
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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/747009, documented in the API reference.