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OPERATORS · RRC 800278  · P-5 STATUS Y

Socorro Expl, Inc

Lubbock, TX

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Socorro Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 27, 2024.

The RRC wellbore file lists 89 wells under its operatorship (34 producing).

Lease reports credit it with 65.9K barrels of oil and 1.86K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 2% on the year before.

It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 212K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

87 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; 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
34
producing wells, of 89 of record
33
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.

66%
spud rate · 57 of 87 mature permits
35
median days permit to spud · middle half 15–85
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
30
expired undrilled
2
permits a year over 40 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 2 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 2

012024

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Crosby county →—3833Jan 30, 1997
Hockley county →—2025Dec 13, 2023
Lubbock county →—1219Aug 5, 2011
Irion county →—74Aug 22, 2008
Terry county →—57Jun 10, 2021
Dawson county →—20Sep 27, 2024
Martin county →—20Dec 15, 1993
Borden county →—11Aug 18, 2014

All 87 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
Clear Fork462
San Andres140
Spraberry71
Wolfcamp41
Yates41
Glorieta31
Leonard20
Santa Rosa21
Cisco10
Ellenburger11
Wichita-Albany10
Rustler10
Abo10

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 →

65.9K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+2%
vs the 12 months before
1.86K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
2.79M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 65,890 · prior 12 64,863(+2%)

05K10K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 1,859 · prior 12 1,749(+6%)

0200400202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

89
on the schedule
34
producing
0
shut in
4
injection
0
temp. abandoned
16
plugged

How it got them

45
permitted itself
39
acquired from others
21
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

6
active UIC permits of 23
4.09K
permitted bbl/day, active
212K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Lubbock2 active2.6K bbl/d
Terry2 active1K bbl/d
Hockley2 active490 bbl/d
Crosby0 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
Drill0085
Other001
Reenter001

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
Hoople (Clear Fork)42499500392
Levelland534110012217
Smyer8434500185
Tokio South (Leonard)9036950064
Idalou North (Clearfork LO)4424550064
Irion 163 (Ellen)4471750030
Lavan (Wolfcamp)5236848010
Levelland (Abo)5341107010
Reo (JO Mill Lower)7604350011
Tokio South (Clear Fork)9036933311
Hamilton (Clearfork)3845550010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Feb 4, 2026
Oil operator
Address
P O Box 64658
Lubbock, TX 79464
(806) 781-9722
Officers and agents
Adams, George B · President
Adams, Kandis K. · Secretary,treasurer

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
902863Sep 27, 2024Sep 27, 2024Socorro Exploration, Inc.DawsonBoswell 28 #17,70011534017
895883Dec 13, 2023Dec 13, 2023Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyCrow's Nest #15,97521937527
870341Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021Socorro Exploration, Inc.TerryThompson, D. L. #3WI8,17044532466
870341Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021Socorro Exploration, Inc.TerryThompson, D. L. #3WI8,17044532466
870340Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021Socorro Exploration, Inc.TerryThompson, D. L. #2WI8,17044532465
870338Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021Socorro Exploration, Inc.TerryThompson, D. L. #1WI8,15044532464
870338Jun 10, 2021Jun 10, 2021Socorro Exploration, Inc.TerryTokio Unit #18,15044532464
837865Mar 22, 2018Mar 22, 2018Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyBlue Goose #17,10021937426
792503Aug 18, 2014Aug 18, 2014Socorro Exploration, Inc.BordenHarrison #18,00003332365
771810Oct 22, 2013Oct 22, 2013Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyDavies #145,00021937302
763007May 22, 2013May 22, 2013Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyMaui Sueno #15,00021937272
757451Mar 1, 2013Mar 1, 2013Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyNatham Tubb #15,00021937269
747926Sep 18, 2012Sep 18, 2012Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyLouise Arnold #25,10021937257
735854Mar 23, 2012Mar 23, 2012Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyLouise Arnold #15,10021937238
725073Sep 29, 2011Sep 29, 2011Socorro Exploration, Inc.HockleyWheeler #17,70021937207

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/800278, documented in the API reference.