OPERATORS · RRC 801638 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sonat Expl Co. - Midland
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSonat Expl CO. - Midland has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued August 6, 1998.
The RRC wellbore file lists 10 wells under its operatorship.
122 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1994; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 30, 1999.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 10 of record
- 13
- 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.
- 75%
- spud rate · 92 of 122 mature permits
- 18
- median days permit to spud · middle half 9–36
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 29
- expired undrilled
- 31
- permits a year over 4 active years
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crockett county → | — | 103 | 8 | Aug 6, 1998 |
| Andrews county → | — | 7 | 2 | Nov 27, 1996 |
| Pecos county → | — | 4 | 0 | Apr 17, 1998 |
| Reeves county → | — | 4 | 0 | Jun 18, 1996 |
| Sutton county → | — | 3 | 0 | Mar 17, 1998 |
| Dawson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 26, 1997 |
All 122 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 53 | 0 |
| Strawn | 52 | 0 |
| Pennsylvanian | 40 | 0 |
| Clear Fork | 30 | 0 |
| Devonian | 17 | 0 |
| Edwards | 7 | 0 |
| Wolfcamp | 4 | 0 |
| Wichita-Albany | 3 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 3 | 0 |
| Yates | 3 | 0 |
| Woodford | 2 | 0 |
| Rustler | 2 | 0 |
| Atoka | 1 | 0 |
| Delaware | 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 →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 133K
- 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
- 10
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 1
- plugged
How it got them
- 6
- permitted itself
- 4
- acquired from others
- 74
- 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reclass | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| American (Canyon)2328480 | 3 | 0 |
| Baggett (Clear Fork)4971400 | 3 | 0 |
| Fullerton33230001 | 2 | 0 |
| American (Spraberry B)2328497 | 1 | 0 |
| Thomason (Strawn)89502600 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Sep 30, 1999
- Address
- Attn Joyce Watts P O Box 1513
- Houston, TX 77251
- Officers and agents
- Neale, George C. · Texas Resident Agent
- Holmes, John B. Jr. · President/Ceo
- Smith, William A. · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre
- Lane, Robert A · Vice President/Ceo
- Smith, William A · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre
- Pruet, Ronald B Jr · Vice President/Treasurer
- Marin, Robert L · Vice President
- Simmons, Bryan T · Vice President/Chief Engineer
- All 9 on the P-5 →
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/801638, documented in the API reference.