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OPERATORS · RRC 747534  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sandel Oper Co

Huntsville, TX

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Sandel Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 13, 2023.

The RRC wellbore file lists 99 wells under its operatorship (44 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 190 barrels of oil and 1.3M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026.

11 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2003; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
44
producing wells, of 99 of record
129
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.

73%
spud rate · 8 of 11 mature permits
57
median days permit to spud · middle half 11–152
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
3
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 21 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 2 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 2

012023

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Brazoria county →—44Sep 22, 2008
Leon county →—22Jan 17, 2008
Live Oak county →—219Dec 13, 2023
Matagorda county →—27Jan 2, 2009
San Patricio county →—15Dec 18, 2018

All 11 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
Wilcox21
Queen City21
Cook Mountain11

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 →

190
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—
vs the 12 months before
1.3M
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
232K
bbl oil since reporting began

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 1,300,121 · prior 12 1,607,176(-19%)

0100K200K202420252026

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 190 · prior 12 135(+41%)

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Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

99
on the schedule
44
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
9
temp. abandoned
43
plugged

How it got them

7
permitted itself
86
acquired from others
1
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

0
active UIC permits of 1
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Grimes0 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
Recompletion006
Reenter005

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
Giddings (Edwards Gas)34733620117
Brushy Creek (Wilcox Cons.)12649160109
Cypress Eagle (Wilcox)2247050064
Day2356200150
Charline (Forney)1724010032
Maxine East (8400)5852685732
Harvey West (McKamey Sd.)3953766630
Iola (Sub-Clarksville)4464040031
Mellon (10500)6035750030
George West West (10430)3450198532
Fort Trinidad (Glen Rose -D-)3215671022
Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)3473350021

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
G/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
1027 I-45 South Ste 1
Huntsville, TX 77340
(936) 662-8585
Officers and agents
Sandel, Joseph Byron · Director,chairman
Spencer, Nathan R · President,secretary
Sandel, Charlene · Director

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
895745Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023Sandel Operating CompanyLive OakErickson Clark #1Y8,50329734666
876567Feb 2, 2022Feb 2, 2022Sandel Operating CompanyLive OakPeebles #111,00629733207
847916Dec 18, 2018Dec 18, 2018Sandel Operating CompanySan PatricioHaisley #29,95640932555
810054Sep 17, 2015Sep 17, 2015Gcer Onshore, LLCWhartonDuncan, F. B. No. 2 #1ST11,78048134935
807238Jun 10, 2015Jun 10, 2015Bright Horizon Texas LLCHoustonCounty Road #1HH10,50022531394
789605Jun 26, 2014Jun 26, 2014Hurd Enterprises, Ltd.DE WittFriedrichs #111,50012333654
786683Jun 12, 2014Jun 12, 2014Trivium Operating, LLCHoustonDan Ackley #110,60522530359
764921Jun 21, 2013Jun 21, 2013Trivium Operating, LLCHoustonSt. Regis Paper Company 'C' #110,61322530413
741208Jun 1, 2012Jun 1, 2012Trivium Operating, LLCHoustonDan Ackley B #211,00022531234
741208Jun 1, 2012Jun 1, 2012Trivium Operating, LLCHoustonDan Ackley #211,00022531234
716298May 17, 2011May 17, 2011Gcer Onshore, LLCWhartonGilbert-Freeman Unit #513,00048135195
711679Mar 10, 2011Mar 10, 2011Gcer Onshore, LLCJacksonShefcik et al Gas Unit #212,00023933560
695436May 5, 2010May 5, 2010Force 5 Energy, LLCMadisonWindy Hill #22,25031330850
692618Mar 17, 2010Mar 17, 2010Force 5 Energy, LLCMadisonWindy Hill #32,75031330846
692618Mar 17, 2010Mar 17, 2010Force 5 Energy, LLCMadisonWindy Hill #31,83631330846

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/747534, documented in the API reference.