OPERATORS · RRC 802845 · P-5 STATUS Y
South Texas Oper Co
San Antonio, TX
Watch this operatorSouth Texas Oper CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued March 26, 2014.
The RRC wellbore file lists 28 wells under its operatorship (3 producing).
Lease reports credit it with 30.8K barrels of oil and 0 mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 4% on the year before.
It holds 1 active disposal or injection permit, injecting 1.33M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
18 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1990; its P-5 organization report was last filed November 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 3
- producing wells, of 28 of record
- 36
- 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.
- 78%
- spud rate · 14 of 18 mature permits
- 16
- median days permit to spud · middle half 6–22
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 4
- expired undrilled
- 1
- permits a year over 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidalgo county → | — | 8 | 6 | Aug 23, 2006 |
| Jim Hogg county → | — | 3 | 0 | Mar 14, 1991 |
| Duval county → | — | 2 | 4 | May 4, 1993 |
| Liberty county → | — | 1 | 4 | Mar 26, 2014 |
| Live Oak county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 20, 1998 |
| Sterling county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 10, 1991 |
| Webb county → | — | 1 | 1 | Mar 10, 2010 |
| Wharton county → | — | 1 | 0 | Oct 15, 2013 |
All 18 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 →
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 →
- 30.8K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +4%
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 328K
- bbl oil since reporting began
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 30,818 · prior 12 29,584(+4%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 28
- on the schedule
- 3
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 1
- injection
- 1
- temp. abandoned
- 20
- plugged
How it got them
- 4
- permitted itself
- 14
- acquired from others
- 10
- 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
- 1
- active UIC permits of 2
- 15K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 1.33M
- 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 | 14 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Greta (4400)36867780 | 9 | 1 |
| Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125 | 2 | 0 |
| Vacation (Yegua 4\5)92893500 | 2 | 0 |
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | 1 | 1 |
| LA Reforma (6430)50953793 | 1 | 0 |
| LA Reforma (L)50953440 | 1 | 0 |
| Rich Ranch (Y-6-E)76382500 | 1 | 0 |
| Seven Sisters S. (Wilcox Lo.)82384400 | 1 | 0 |
| SQUIRE(2400)85443780 | 1 | 0 |
| Squire (2900)85443830 | 1 | 0 |
| Squire(govt.wells)85443080 | 1 | 0 |
| Tabasco (4350 Sand)88103875 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Nov 4, 2025
- Gas operatorOil operator
- Address
- P O Box 17405
- San Antonio, TX 78217
- (210) 827-2509
- Officers and agents
- Harris, Joseph M. · President,secretary
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 884512 | Oct 10, 2022 | Oct 10, 2022 | Jura Energy Operating LLC | Refugio | J.M. O'Brien JLB #1HH | 4,800 | 39133276 |
| 780748 | Mar 26, 2014 | Mar 26, 2014 | South Texas Operating Company | Liberty | LA Porte Land Company #1 | 14,000 | 29132595 |
| 771239 | Oct 15, 2013 | Oct 15, 2013 | South Texas Operating Company | Wharton | Thomas #1 | 6,000 | 48135315 |
| 695055 | Apr 27, 2010 | Apr 27, 2010 | Bopco, L.P. | Liberty | Daniel Gas Unit #1 | 12,000 | 29132811 |
| 692203 | Mar 10, 2010 | Mar 10, 2010 | South Texas Operating Company | Webb | Villarreal "E" #1 | 12,500 | 47934028 |
| 691410 | Feb 18, 2010 | Feb 18, 2010 | Aurora Resources Corporation | McMullen | Hoskins Unit #1 | 12,000 | 31134205 |
| 682121 | Jun 17, 2009 | Jun 17, 2009 | Bopco, L.P. | Liberty | Van Deventer Gas Unit #1 | 12,500 | 29132793 |
| 682121 | Jun 16, 2009 | Jun 16, 2009 | Bopco, L.P. | Liberty | Van Deventer Gas Unit #1 | 11,650 | 29132793 |
| 676414 | Dec 19, 2008 | Dec 19, 2008 | Sequoia Management, LLC | Brazos | Bookman Peters #1HH | 7,800 | 04132024 |
| 624022 | Aug 23, 2006 | Aug 23, 2006 | South Texas Operating Company | Hidalgo | Zamora #2 | 8,000 | 21533511 |
| 617692 | Apr 24, 2006 | Apr 24, 2006 | U.S.A. Plugging Company | Frio | Riggs "E" #2 | 5,760 | 16331887 |
| 544865 | Apr 23, 2004 | Apr 23, 2004 | Camden Oil & Gas, Inc. | Duval | Welder, Roger F., et AL #1 | 16,000 | 13138696 |
| 540445 | Jan 7, 2004 | Jan 7, 2004 | Camden Resources, Inc. | Liberty | Governor Bill Daniel 161 GU #2 | 13,500 | 29132516 |
| 540445 | Jan 7, 2004 | Jan 7, 2004 | Camden Resources, Inc. | Liberty | Governor Bill Daniel 161 GU #2 | 13,500 | 29132516 |
| 533339 | Jun 20, 2003 | Jun 20, 2003 | Camden Resources, Inc. | Liberty | Bonner #2 | 14,800 | 29132484 |
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/802845, documented in the API reference.