OPERATORS · RRC 747194 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sandalwood Expl, L.P
Houston, TX · most active in Live Oak County
Watch this operatorSandalwood Expl, L.P was issued 2 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 2 in the prior year, all in Live Oak County. 0% were horizontal.
2 were issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.
The RRC wellbore file lists 25 wells under its operatorship (2 producing, 1 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 28.2K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 48% on the year before.
It holds 2 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 510K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
118 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2004; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 2025.
- 2
- permits, last 12 months
- +0%
- vs prior 12 months (2)
- 1
- counties, 12 months
- 2
- producing wells, of 25 of record
- 35
- leases it reports
- 0%
- 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.
- 84%
- spud rate · 98 of 116 mature permits
- 18
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–33
- 1
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 19
- expired undrilled
- 5
- permits a year over 23 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 10 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 11
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Oak county → | 2 | 2 | 0 | Sep 17, 2026 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 44 | 16 | Jul 12, 2023 |
| Austin county → | — | 27 | 2 | Aug 20, 2012 |
| Tyler county → | — | 13 | 0 | Feb 19, 2025 |
| Duval county → | — | 12 | 3 | Aug 31, 2020 |
| Galveston county → | — | 5 | 1 | Sep 1, 2010 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 3 | 1 | Apr 26, 2012 |
| Jim Wells county → | — | 3 | 1 | Jan 20, 2022 |
| Fayette county → | — | 2 | 0 | Aug 25, 2023 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 8, 2004 |
| Jasper county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 21, 2019 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 19, 2012 |
| McMullen county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 16, 2025 |
| Refugio county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 9, 2011 |
| Waller county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 19, 2010 |
| Webb county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 13, 2017 |
All 118 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 →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Catahoula | 18 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 15 | 1 |
| Jackson | 14 | 1 |
| Sparta | 11 | 1 |
| Frio | 10 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 9 | 1 |
| Vicksburg | 9 | 1 |
| Greta | 4 | 0 |
| Yegua | 4 | 0 |
| Queen City | 2 | 0 |
| Cook Mountain | 1 | 0 |
| Weches | 1 | 0 |
| Oakville | 1 | 0 |
| Simpson | 1 | 0 |
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 →
- 28.2K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -48%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 3.17M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 28,172 · prior 12 54,218(-48%)
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 5,260(-100%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 25
- on the schedule
- 2
- producing
- 1
- shut in
- 1
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 20
- plugged
How it got them
- 23
- permitted itself
- 2
- acquired from others
- 49
- 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
- 2
- active UIC permits of 4
- 10K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 510K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| San Patricio | 2 active | 10K bbl/d |
| Tyler | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 2 | 2 | 101 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Papalote South (Catahoula)69047500 | 4 | 2 |
| Chocolate Bayou ( Frio Upper)17915312 | 1 | 0 |
| Ewing(oakville)29772208 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Lake (3350)36714250 | 1 | 0 |
| Longhorn West (3700)54765750 | 1 | 0 |
| Longhorn West (Hockley)54765350 | 1 | 0 |
| Magnolia City N (D-02)56741020 | 1 | 0 |
| Plymouth (7100 Sand)72043918 | 1 | 0 |
| Plymouth East (3970)72044456 | 1 | 0 |
| Plymouth South (Stiba Sand)72048500 | 1 | 0 |
| Portilla (4050)72484410 | 1 | 0 |
| Princess Louise W. (6600 Sand)73187900 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 4, 2025
- Oil operator
- Address
- 5051 Westheimer RD Ste 800
- Houston, TX 77056
- (713) 557-5504
- Officers and agents
- CT Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
- Lindberg, Donald J · Chief Financial Officer
- Cisarek, James A · President
- Ligon, John F · Ceo
- Sandalwood Oil & Gas LP, L.L.C. · Partner
- Sandalwood Exploration GP, L.L.C · General Partner,other
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/747194, documented in the API reference.