OPERATORS · RRC 802624 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sotol Engy, Inc
Magnolia, TX
Watch this operatorSotol Engy, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 6, 2006.
The RRC wellbore file lists 9 wells under its operatorship.
6 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2005; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 9 of record
- 2
- leases it reports
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- 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.
- 67%
- spud rate · 4 of 6 mature permits
- 90
- median days permit to spud · middle half 19–162
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 2
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 2 active years
Where
Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.
All 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 4 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 2 | 0 |
| Buda | 2 | 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 →
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- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -100%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 74.9K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1,406(-100%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 9
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 7
- plugged
How it got them
- 0
- permitted itself
- 2
- 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 →
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 | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Luling-Branyon55679001 | 9 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 4, 2025
- Address
- 32939 Tamina RD Suite 102
- Magnolia, TX 77354
- (281) 797-3905
- Officers and agents
- Pfiester, Sam L. · President
- Thurmond, Jaybie P · Vice President
- Thurmond, Thomas E · Vice President
- Pfiester, Karen B · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 626750 | Oct 6, 2006 | Oct 6, 2006 | Sotol Energy, Inc. | Caldwell | Blackwell, S. M. #41 | 3,000 | 05534839 |
| 626749 | Oct 6, 2006 | Oct 6, 2006 | Sotol Energy, Inc. | Caldwell | Blackwell, S. M. #40 | 3,000 | 05534840 |
| 607195 | Oct 4, 2005 | Oct 4, 2005 | Sotol Energy, Inc. | Caldwell | Blackwell, S. M. #39 | 3,000 | 05534827 |
| 607194 | Oct 4, 2005 | Oct 4, 2005 | Sotol Energy, Inc. | Caldwell | Blackwell, S. M. #38 | 3,000 | 05534828 |
| 607193 | Oct 4, 2005 | Oct 4, 2005 | Sotol Energy, Inc. | Caldwell | Blackwell, S. M. #37 | 3,000 | 05534826 |
| 607192 | Oct 4, 2005 | Oct 4, 2005 | Sotol Energy, Inc. | Caldwell | Blackwell, S. M. #36 | 3,000 | 05534825 |
| 142170 | Nov 25, 1981 | Nov 25, 1981 | Bisco Energy, Inc. | Caldwell | Dorn, James #12 | 2,000 | 05532465 |
| 94103 | Sep 29, 1980 | Sep 29, 1980 | Brown Oil Co. | Caldwell | Callihan-Klutz #1 | 2,200 | 05502426 |
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/802624, documented in the API reference.