OPERATORS · RRC 803494 · P-5 STATUS Y
Southern Bay Oper, L.L.C
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSouthern Bay Oper, L.L.C has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 30, 2012.
The RRC wellbore file lists 23 wells under its operatorship.
96 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2004; its P-5 organization report was last filed July 5, 2013.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 23 of record
- 45
- 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.
- 85%
- spud rate · 82 of 96 mature permits
- 30
- median days permit to spud · middle half 16–62
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 14
- expired undrilled
- 11
- permits a year over 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette county → | — | 26 | 0 | Nov 30, 2012 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 23 | 6 | Aug 4, 2008 |
| Grimes county → | — | 18 | 1 | May 25, 2011 |
| Gonzales county → | — | 10 | 0 | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Montgomery county → | — | 8 | 0 | May 14, 2010 |
| Victoria county → | — | 7 | 9 | Jan 29, 2010 |
| Orange county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 30, 2006 |
| Duval county → | — | 1 | 0 | May 26, 2006 |
| Maverick county → | — | 1 | 0 | Mar 12, 2004 |
All 96 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 | 41 | 0 |
| Eagle Ford | 26 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 13 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 5 | 0 |
| Greta | 4 | 0 |
| Midway | 4 | 0 |
| Catahoula | 4 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 2 | 0 |
| Sparta | 1 | 0 |
| Anacacho | 1 | 0 |
| Del Rio | 1 | 0 |
| Queen City | 1 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 1 | 0 |
| McKnight | 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
- 3.19M
- 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
- 23
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 20
- plugged
How it got them
- 6
- permitted itself
- 15
- acquired from others
- 59
- 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 7
- 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 | 74 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Reenter | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800)12193500 | 3 | 0 |
| Ben Shelton (7400)7064900 | 2 | 0 |
| Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas)34773550 | 2 | 0 |
| Odem (5200 Frio Middle S)66762418 | 2 | 0 |
| Woodville (Woodbine)98700700 | 2 | 0 |
| Anaqua (5600 Frio)2503825 | 1 | 0 |
| Odem66762001 | 1 | 0 |
| Odem (5100)66762380 | 1 | 0 |
| Odem (7000)66762882 | 1 | 0 |
| Odem (7500)66762940 | 1 | 0 |
| Placedo East (4250)71802304 | 1 | 0 |
| Placedo East (5370)71802400 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Jul 5, 2013
- Address
- 1000 Louisiana St Ste 6700
- Houston, TX 77002
- (800) 249-8178
- Officers and agents
- Capitol Corporate Services, Inc. · Texas Resident Agent
- Herod, Stephen W · President
- Wilson, Floyd C. · Ceo
- Mize, Mark J. · Vice President/Cfo/Treasurer
- Elkouri, David S. · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre
- Stubbs, James M. · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 752177 | Nov 30, 2012 | Nov 30, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Black Jack Springs Unit #2HH | 18,200 | 14933281 |
| 752177 | Nov 30, 2012 | Nov 30, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Black Jack Springs Unit #2HH | 18,200 | 14933281 |
| 752120 | Nov 29, 2012 | Nov 29, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Mary Ann Schmitz WSW #1RE | 3,930 | 14930393 |
| 751718 | Nov 20, 2012 | Nov 20, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Gonzales | Newtonville East Unit #1HH | 17,000 | 17732782 |
| 750263 | Oct 26, 2012 | Oct 26, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Mica Unit #4HH | 16,000 | 14933277 |
| 747750 | Sep 14, 2012 | Sep 14, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Mica Unit #3HH | 16,000 | 14933269 |
| 747414 | Sep 10, 2012 | Sep 10, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Mica Unit #2HH | 16,000 | 14933266 |
| 746671 | Aug 27, 2012 | Aug 27, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Gonzales | Newtonville North Unit #7HH | 9,900 | 17732673 |
| 746653 | Aug 24, 2012 | Aug 24, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Gonzales | Newtonville North Unit #6HH | 9,900 | 17732672 |
| 745631 | Aug 9, 2012 | Aug 9, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Gonzales | Newtonville North Unit #5HH | 17,800 | 17732662 |
| 743550 | Jul 3, 2012 | Jul 3, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Ring a Unit #5HH | 16,500 | 14933260 |
| 742876 | Jun 22, 2012 | Jun 22, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Mica Unit #1HH | 16,000 | 14933259 |
| 742171 | Jun 15, 2012 | Jun 15, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Flatonia East Unit #3HH | 16,500 | 14933258 |
| 737618 | Apr 19, 2012 | Apr 19, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Ring 'a' Unit #4HH | 16,500 | 14933253 |
| 737608 | Apr 19, 2012 | Apr 19, 2012 | Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C. | Fayette | Ring 'a' Unit #3HH | 16,500 | 14933252 |
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/803494, documented in the API reference.