OPERATORS · RRC 801639 · P-5 STATUS N
Sonat Expl Co. - Houston
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSonat Expl CO. - Houston has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 15, 1999.
The RRC wellbore file lists 54 wells under its operatorship.
197 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1993; its P-5 organization report was last filed April 15, 1993.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 54 of record
- 59
- 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.
- 71%
- spud rate · 139 of 197 mature permits
- 15
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–32
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 1 permits
- 57
- expired undrilled
- 28
- permits a year over 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duval county → | — | 110 | 40 | Mar 12, 1998 |
| Webb county → | — | 73 | 7 | Dec 15, 1999 |
| Zapata county → | — | 4 | 0 | Apr 29, 1994 |
| DE Witt county → | — | 2 | 2 | May 14, 1997 |
| Fort Bend county → | — | 2 | 2 | Jan 12, 1999 |
| Atascosa county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 29, 1998 |
| Bee county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 3, 1999 |
| Brazoria county → | — | 1 | 0 | Dec 16, 1994 |
| Kenedy county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 26, 1996 |
| Liberty county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 23, 1996 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 3 | Oct 5, 1995 |
All 197 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 20 | 0 |
| Queen City | 19 | 0 |
| Wills Point | 9 | 0 |
| Yegua | 8 | 0 |
| Frio | 5 | 0 |
| Carrizo | 4 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 2 | 0 |
| Jackson | 1 | 0 |
| Big Saline | 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
- 493K
- 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
- 54
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 50
- plugged
How it got them
- 22
- permitted itself
- 29
- acquired from others
- 97
- 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
| DE Witt | 0 active | 0 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 178 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wildcat8001 | 28 | 0 |
| Ruthie H. (Wilcox)79058475 | 5 | 0 |
| Piedre Lumbre (Wilcox)71430200 | 2 | 0 |
| Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo)93215375 | 2 | 0 |
| Yorktown (Wilcox 11 000 Lo.)99427600 | 2 | 0 |
| Colmena (Frio 1200)19730590 | 1 | 0 |
| D C R-7922548001 | 1 | 0 |
| Dog Robber (Mirando)25155250 | 1 | 0 |
| Ellie C. (Wilcox)28442475 | 1 | 0 |
| Government Wells N. (1280)36108633 | 1 | 0 |
| Bernard W. (7000)7307950 | 1 | 0 |
| Moritas Creek (Wilcox 9500)62925700 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code N
- Last filed Apr 15, 1993
- Address
- Attn Joyce Watts P O Box 1513
- Houston, TX 77251
- Officers and agents
- Prentice Hall Corp. System · Texas Resident Agent
- Russell, Donald G. · Chairman/Ceo
- Bates, Richard B. · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre
- Smith, Jay H. · Vice President
- Clifford, Patrick J. · Vice President
- Pruet, Ronald B. Jr. · Vice President
- Minor, David J. · Vice President
- Lynch-Blosse, Michael A. · Vice President
- All 14 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/801639, documented in the API reference.