OPERATORS · RRC 801640 · P-5 STATUS Y

Sonat Expl Co

Houston, TX

Sonat Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 11, 1997.

The RRC wellbore file lists 18 wells under its operatorship.

230 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 2, 1999.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 18 of record
17: 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.

29%: spud rate · 66 of 230 mature permits
45: median days permit to spud · middle half 14–112
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 1 permits
163: expired undrilled
14: permits a year over 17 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
Panola county →	—	134	10	Jul 13, 1990
Harrison county →	—	35	3	Jun 12, 1990
Shelby county →	—	28	2	May 11, 1990
Hemphill county →	—	13	1	Jun 27, 1995
Rusk county →	—	5	0	May 23, 1990
Jefferson county →	—	4	0	Feb 11, 1997
Gregg county →	—	3	0	Jun 21, 1990
Orange county →	—	3	0	May 2, 1986
Hidalgo county →	—	1	0	Jun 14, 1984
Lavaca county →	—	1	0	Jan 5, 1987
Liberty county →	—	1	0	Jan 26, 1988
Matgrda IS-LB county →	—	1	0	Feb 21, 1984
Smith county →	—	1	0	Aug 9, 1989

All 230 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
Travis Peak	69	0
Pettit	56	0
James Lime	48	0
Glen Rose	41	0
Cotton Valley	24	0
Rodessa	24	0
BMA	24	0
Massive Anhydrite (marker)	24	0
Goodland	18	0
Paluxy	14	0
Blossom	10	0
Douglas	9	0
Austin Chalk	6	0
Taylor	6	0
Cleveland	6	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
517K: 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

18: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
15: plugged

How it got them

6: permitted itself
10: acquired from others
81: 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 3
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Jefferson

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	200
Recompletion	0	0	27
Field transfer	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
Briggs (7800 Travis Peak)11956500	2	0
Joaquin (Jeter)46597500	2	0
Deberry (Travis Peak)23791400	1	0
Deberry (Travis Peak 6900)23791600	1	0
Deberry W. (Travis Peak 7800)23796700	1	0
Gales (6500 Travis Peak)33770500	1	0
High Island BLK 14-L (10000-C)41167700	1	0
High Island Blk. 14-L(9200)41167300	1	0
Longwood N. (McGehee Sand)54810300	1	0
Midyett (Cotton Valley-Taylor)61239300	1	0
Waskom (Bell Zone)95369080	1	0
Waskom (Travis Peak 6100)95369885	1	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code Y; Last filed Jul 2, 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; Lane, Robert A · Vice President/Coo; Smith, William A · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre; Pruet, Ronald B Jr · Vice President/Treasurer; Martin, Robert L · Vice President; Simmons, Bryan I · Vice President/Chief Engineer; Sak, Deborah K · Vice President

Latest permits

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

Permit	Seen	Issued	Operator	County	Lease / well	Depth	API
540604	Jan 15, 2004	Jan 15, 2004	Samson Lone Star LP	Panola	Roquemore, Nannie #2	7,984	36531650
536219	Oct 13, 2003	Oct 13, 2003	Sendero Energy Inc.	Panola	Hickey, F. S. et AL #1	10,073	36531715
458409	Feb 11, 1997	Feb 11, 1997	Sonat Exploration Company	Jefferson	McFaddin Trust #105	8,000	24532148
457883	Jan 27, 1997	Jan 27, 1997	Sonat Exploration Company	Jefferson	McFaddin Trust #104	8,500	24532146
449968	Jul 2, 1996	Jul 2, 1996	Sonat Exploration Company	Jefferson	McFaddin State #38	8,200	24532134
413882	Jun 27, 1995	Jun 27, 1995	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Waterfield #1602	13,920	21132027
423027	Apr 14, 1994	Apr 14, 1994	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Humphreys #3302	7,500	21132067
417549	Oct 26, 1993	Oct 26, 1993	Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler	Harrison	Phillips-Rudd #1	6,515	20331685
416611	Sep 30, 1993	Sep 30, 1993	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Jones Trust #2502	7,500	21132041
413376	Jun 30, 1993	Jun 30, 1993	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Lockhart #1902	11,600	21132022
411441	May 6, 1993	May 6, 1993	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Hobart #1	13,720	21131959
402012	Aug 4, 1992	Aug 4, 1992	Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler	Panola	Hickley F.S., et AL #1	10,073	36531715
395578	Jan 8, 1992	Jan 8, 1992	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Parker #2	15,400	21131974
393738	Nov 8, 1991	Nov 8, 1991	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Steen, Glisan #2	15,200	21131967
393738	Nov 8, 1991	Nov 8, 1991	Sonat Exploration Company	Hemphill	Steen, Glisan #2	15,200	21131967

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/801640, documented in the API reference.