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OPERATORS · RRC 800750  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sojourner Drlg. Corp

Abilene, TX · most active in Fisher County

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Sojourner Drlg. Corp was issued 4 drilling permits in the past 12 months, down 71% on the prior year, across 4 counties led by Fisher with 1. 0% were horizontal.

2 were issued in the past 90 days, after a quiet prior quarter.

The RRC wellbore file lists 1,000 wells under its operatorship (293 producing, 82 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 408K barrels of oil and 327K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 7% on the year before.

It holds 97 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 4.02M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

872 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 4, 2026.

4
permits, last 12 months
-71%
vs prior 12 months (14)
4
counties, 12 months
293
producing wells, of 1K of record
525
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.

67%
spud rate · 580 of 870 mature permits
22
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–57
0
spuds, last 180 days -100%
0%
cancelled · 2 permits
289
expired undrilled
17
permits a year over 50 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 39 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 18 · prior 12 26(-31%)

024620222023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Jones county →1179199Dec 11, 2025
Fisher county →1175169Aug 17, 2026
Kent county →18451Oct 19, 2026
Stonewall county →17545Mar 9, 2026
Haskell county →—9457May 26, 2023
Taylor county →—68131Apr 14, 2023
Callahan county →—3318Sep 14, 2021
King county →—3334May 15, 2025
Cottle county →—234Apr 4, 2008
Coleman county →—1748Jan 31, 2023
Dickens county →—163Nov 7, 2008
Shackelford county →—1678Aug 20, 1996
Upshur county →—110Dec 20, 2007
Nolan county →—1044Oct 2, 2024
Concho county →—90Aug 10, 1987
Runnels county →—944Mar 30, 2000
Knox county →—525May 8, 2024
Dawson county →—20Oct 18, 2011
Foard county →—20Mar 4, 1988
Jack county →—20Mar 3, 2009
Childress county →—10May 14, 1982
Coke county →—10Feb 4, 1983
Comanche county →—12May 11, 2001
Martin county →—10Jan 3, 2019
Midland county →—10Aug 7, 2018
Mitchell county →—10Dec 18, 2013
Throckmorton county →—10Apr 27, 1981
Tom Green county →—14Dec 11, 1981
Zavala county →—11Feb 9, 2001

All 872 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
Coleman Junction12624
Saddle Creek7510
Cisco4610
Tannehill424
Canyon312
Strawn301
Palo Pinto220
San Andres170
Ellenburger100
Caddo80
Gunsight80
Mississippian70
Leonard50
Atoka50
Cotton Valley40

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 →

408K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-7%
vs the 12 months before
327K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
11.2M
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 408,304 · prior 12 437,112(-7%)

020K40K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 327,166 · prior 12 294,420(+11%)

020K40K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

1,000
on the schedule
293
producing
82
shut in
51
injection
15
temp. abandoned
435
plugged

How it got them

299
permitted itself
473
acquired from others
240
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

97
active UIC permits of 211
224K
permitted bbl/day, active
4.02M
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Fisher24 active67.3K bbl/d
Jones22 active50.2K bbl/d
Taylor13 active28.4K bbl/d
Stonewall7 active22.6K bbl/d
Nolan3 active17K bbl/d
Garza3 active10K bbl/d
Kent6 active7.9K bbl/d
King7 active6.8K 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
Drill314780
Recompletion1038
Reenter0038
Other009
Field transfer005
Reclass002

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
Shackelford County Regular825220015722
Glen Cove (Jennings)35273540425
Jones County Regular471130014121
Winters (Capps)98182260360
Rice Bros. (Canyon)76360500295
Weaver Springs (Palo Pinto)95633260265
Taylor County Regular88520001262
Judy Gail East (Canyon)475435002410
Keeler-Wimberly (Canyon Sd.)484225002113
Maben (Cisco)56382200200
Hamlin East38507001193
A P C (Tannehill)178500170

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Jul 4, 2026
CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PUROil gatheringGas operatorOil operator
Address
Box 3234
Abilene, TX 79604
(325) 669-2068
Officers and agents
Sojourner, William C III · President
Sojourner, Jana B. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
919045Oct 21, 2026Oct 19, 2026Sojourner Drilling CorporationKentHot Springs #54,50026332184
917844Aug 19, 2026Aug 17, 2026Sojourner Drilling CorporationFisherRice Bros. (Canyon) Unit #2014,70015130319
913925Mar 9, 2026Mar 9, 2026Sojourner Drilling CorporationStonewallHot Springs #44,50043334260
912099Dec 11, 2025Dec 11, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationJonesSwann, W.D. #105,00025335745
910918Oct 16, 2025Oct 16, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationFisherRader #16,00015133397
910918Oct 16, 2025Oct 16, 20255L Properties, Inc.FisherRader #16,00015133397
910482Oct 13, 2025Oct 13, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationKentHot Springs #34,50026332175
910759Oct 1, 2025Oct 1, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationFisherElizabeth Rader #15,50015133396
910769Sep 30, 2025Sep 30, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationJonesJay (Canyon Lime) Unit #2124,70025335744
909777Aug 11, 2025Aug 11, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationJonesBirdie Unit #13,50025335743
909052Jul 7, 2025Jul 7, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationFisherRice Bros. Canyon Unit #8065,50015133395
909052Jul 7, 2025Jul 7, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationFisherRice Bros. (Canyon) Unit #8065,50015133395
909050Jul 7, 2025Jul 7, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationFisherRice Bros. (Canyon) Unit #8055,50015133394
909019Jul 2, 2025Jul 2, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationFisherRice Bros. (Canyon) Unit #8045,50015133393
907950May 15, 2025May 15, 2025Sojourner Drilling CorporationKingCrum #14,00026933052

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/800750, documented in the API reference.