OPERATORS · RRC 802203 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sonora Expl Corp
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSonora Expl Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued December 11, 1990.
The RRC wellbore file lists 7 wells under its operatorship.
31 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1983; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 7, 2000.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 7 of record
- 4
- 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.
- 10%
- spud rate · 3 of 31 mature permits
- 12
- median days permit to spud · middle half 8–15
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 28
- expired undrilled
- 4
- permits a year over 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun county → | — | 14 | 1 | Jul 30, 1987 |
| Matagorda county → | — | 13 | 0 | Aug 31, 1990 |
| Brazos-SB county → | — | 3 | 0 | Dec 11, 1990 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 1 | 1 | Nov 28, 1988 |
All 31 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 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
- 0
- 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
- 7
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 3
- plugged
How it got them
- 1
- permitted itself
- 1
- acquired from others
- 4
- 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
| Refugio | 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 | 17 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 14 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bonnie View10495001 | 5 | 0 |
| Matagorda Bay (4680)58192860 | 1 | 0 |
| Nueces Bay West (3950)66296520 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 7, 2000
- Address
- 808 Travis, Ste. 1632
- Houston, TX 77002
- Officers and agents
- Cheatham, Robert Charles · President
- Cheatham, Patricia Lynn · Vice President/Secretary/Treasur
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/802203, documented in the API reference.