OPERATORS · RRC 801642 · P-5 STATUS N
Sonat Expl Co -Tyler
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSonat Expl CO -Tyler has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 22, 1999.
The RRC wellbore file lists 211 wells under its operatorship.
655 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1982; its P-5 organization report was last filed June 29, 1992.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 211 of record
- 237
- 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.
- 64%
- spud rate · 422 of 655 mature permits
- 27
- median days permit to spud · middle half 13–58
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 9 permits
- 224
- expired undrilled
- 36
- permits a year over 18 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 → | — | 123 | 68 | Dec 22, 1999 |
| Newton county → | — | 117 | 2 | Dec 20, 1996 |
| Freestone county → | — | 83 | 16 | Dec 8, 1999 |
| Gregg county → | — | 67 | 12 | Apr 9, 1999 |
| Rusk county → | — | 50 | 46 | Jan 27, 1998 |
| Leon county → | — | 42 | 5 | Aug 24, 1999 |
| Harrison county → | — | 29 | 45 | Nov 4, 1994 |
| Shelby county → | — | 29 | 6 | Apr 29, 1998 |
| Cherokee county → | — | 26 | 2 | Mar 9, 1998 |
| Red River county → | — | 21 | 0 | Jan 15, 1998 |
| Sabine county → | — | 21 | 2 | Mar 2, 1995 |
| Crockett county → | — | 9 | 0 | Nov 3, 1994 |
| Jasper county → | — | 8 | 0 | Jul 22, 1993 |
| Grimes county → | — | 5 | 0 | Apr 3, 1997 |
| Henderson county → | — | 5 | 2 | Aug 31, 1999 |
| Polk county → | — | 3 | 3 | Mar 22, 1994 |
| San Augustine county → | — | 3 | 0 | Apr 5, 1994 |
| Lamar county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 18, 1998 |
| Trinity county → | — | 2 | 0 | Sep 8, 1997 |
| Walker county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 13, 1997 |
| Zapata county → | — | 2 | 0 | Oct 21, 1993 |
| Andrews county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jul 20, 1994 |
| Collin county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 29, 1998 |
| Delta county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 29, 1998 |
| Houston county → | — | 1 | 1 | Jun 28, 1993 |
| Madison county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 7, 1993 |
| Robertson county → | — | 1 | 0 | Nov 20, 1996 |
All 655 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 | 223 | 5 |
| Pettit | 175 | 5 |
| Cotton Valley | 116 | 2 |
| James Lime | 82 | 0 |
| BMA | 76 | 1 |
| Austin Chalk | 69 | 0 |
| Taylor | 57 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 47 | 0 |
| Midway | 45 | 0 |
| Bossier | 42 | 2 |
| Blossom | 41 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 36 | 4 |
| Glen Rose | 16 | 1 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 10 | 0 |
| Goodland | 7 | 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
- 4.47M
- 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
- 211
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 172
- plugged
How it got them
- 43
- permitted itself
- 90
- acquired from others
- 276
- 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 4
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
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 | 553 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Field transfer | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reenter | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| East Texas27302001 | 39 | 0 |
| Carthage (Burnett Sand)16032116 | 23 | 0 |
| Bethany (Travis Peak)7527682 | 6 | 0 |
| Shady Lane (Rodessa)82538500 | 5 | 0 |
| Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800)12193500 | 4 | 0 |
| Elysian N. (Cotton Valley)28815300 | 4 | 0 |
| Bear Grass (Travis Peak)6476800 | 4 | 0 |
| Blocker (Page)9591350 | 4 | 0 |
| Willow Springs (Travis Peak)97752830 | 4 | 0 |
| Briggs (7800 Travis Peak)11956500 | 4 | 0 |
| Briggs (Upper Travis Peak)11956400 | 4 | 0 |
| Bethany (Cotton Valley)7527093 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code N
- Last filed Jun 29, 1992
- Address
- Attn Joyce Watts P O Box 1513
- Houston, TX 77251
- Officers and agents
- Russell, Donald G. · Chairman
- Byrne, Donn R. · Vice President
- Bates, Richard B. · Secretary/Gen Counsel
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/801642, documented in the API reference.