OPERATORS · RRC 748027  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sands Oper Co, Inc

Sands Oper CO, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued January 30, 1986.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.

14 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1981; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 1, 1996.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 4 of record
0
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.

36%
spud rate · 5 of 14 mature permits
136
median days permit to spud · middle half 8–253
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
9
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 5 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Runnels county →—70Jan 30, 1986
Callahan county →—20Nov 19, 1985
Mitchell county →—22Jun 12, 1981
Haskell county →—12Nov 5, 1982
Nolan county →—10Feb 22, 1982
Stephens county →—10Sep 22, 1983

All 14 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
Caddo10
Strawn10
Mississippian10
Ellenburger10

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
0
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

4
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

3
permitted itself
1
acquired from others
7
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0012
Other001
Recompletion001

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
Rule SW. (Conglomerate)7888650020
KA-Jen (Ellen)4778680010
Nena Lucia W. (Strawn Reef)6495366610

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Mar 1, 1996
Address
P O Box 3733
Abilene, TX 79604
Officers and agents
Sansing, S. Earl · President
Wilson, Nelda K. · Vice President/Secretary/Treasur

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
296950Jan 30, 1986Jan 30, 1986Sands Operating Company, Inc.RunnelsMcWilliams, E. S. #14,60039933689
290418Nov 19, 1985Nov 19, 1985Sands Operating Company, Inc.CallahanFranke #14,50005935479
289201Nov 5, 1985Nov 5, 1985Sands Operating Company, Inc.RunnelsWilbanks, M. #35,40039933636
288104Oct 22, 1985Oct 22, 1985Sands Operating Company, Inc.RunnelsBelk, H. A. #25,40039933623
272140Apr 12, 1985Apr 12, 1985Sands Operating Company, Inc.RunnelsWilbanks, M. #25,40039933513
259758Dec 4, 1984Dec 4, 1984Sands Operating Company, Inc.CallahanBlan Odom Cattle Company #14,50005935197
252206Sep 21, 1984Sep 21, 1984Sands Operating Company, Inc.RunnelsBelk, H. A. #25,50039933341
250521Sep 6, 1984Sep 6, 1984Sands Operating Company, Inc.RunnelsWilbanks, M. #15,40039933318
245336Jul 18, 1984Jul 18, 1984Sands Operating Company, Inc.RunnelsBelk, H. A. #15,40039933272
213964Sep 22, 1983Sep 22, 1983Sands Operating Company, Inc.StephensWilliams, Elsie #13,79042933319
176610Nov 5, 1982Nov 5, 1982Sands Operating Company, Inc.HaskellHunt Estate #26,20020731310
173637Oct 5, 1982Oct 5, 1982Western Hills Oil & Gas Co IncHaskellHunt #16,00020730246
151408Feb 22, 1982Feb 22, 1982Sands Operating Company, Inc.NolanFitzgerald #3 D4,00035380919
121043Jun 12, 1981Jun 12, 1981Sands Operating Company, Inc.MitchellNail "A" #20017,50033532039
121044Jun 12, 1981Jun 12, 1981Sands Operating Company, Inc.MitchellNail #21017,50033532040

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/748027, documented in the API reference.