OPERATORS · RRC 803920  · P-5 STATUS Y

Southern Mineral Corp

Southern Mineral Corp has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 24, 2001.

The RRC wellbore file lists 4 wells under its operatorship.

20 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1993; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 8, 2003.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 4 of record
10
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.

55%
spud rate · 11 of 20 mature permits
20
median days permit to spud · middle half 14–31
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
9
expired undrilled
3
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.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Lavaca county →—112Feb 18, 2000
DE Witt county →—30Aug 27, 1997
Coke county →—20Nov 8, 2000
Upton county →—20Nov 24, 1993
Galveston county →—10Apr 24, 2001
Matgrda IS-SB county →—10Sep 2, 1998

All 20 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 →

0
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
—
vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
254K
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

4
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

1
permitted itself
3
acquired from others
5
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

Nueces0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Recompletion0012
Drill008

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.

P-5 organization report

As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Aug 8, 2003
Address
1201 Louisiana Ste 3350
Houston, TX 77002
Officers and agents
Mikel, Steven H. · President/Ceo
Luttrell, Michael E. · Vice President

Latest permits

NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
512622Aug 15, 2001Aug 15, 2001Petrocorp Incorporated,a Tx.corpLavacaKlekar Unit #18,87028531891
507934Apr 24, 2001Apr 24, 2001Southern Mineral CorporationGalvestonErnst, Sunny #115,30016731352
501682Nov 8, 2000Nov 8, 2000Southern Mineral CorporationCokeRobbins 397 #26,00008131794
495206May 23, 2000May 23, 2000Southern Mineral CorporationCokeRawlings 390A #16,10008131789
492052Feb 18, 2000Feb 18, 2000Southern Mineral CorporationLavacaKlekar Unit #19,75028531891
479132Sep 2, 1998Sep 2, 1998Southern Mineral CorporationMatgrda IS-SBState Tract 567-S #14,50060330263
478292Jul 28, 1998Jul 28, 1998Southern Mineral CorporationLavacaAlves Unit #38,39028530003
471544May 27, 1998May 27, 1998Southern Mineral CorporationLavacaFreude Unit #18,56028532132
469771Nov 12, 1997Nov 12, 1997Southern Mineral CorporationLavacaChandler Unit #38,56028531157
466729Aug 27, 1997Aug 27, 1997Southern Mineral CorporationDE WittZengerle #32,50012331334
463877Jun 17, 1997Jun 17, 1997Southern Mineral CorporationLavacaRandow Unit #49,50028532508
458515Jun 12, 1997Jun 12, 1997Throckmorton Oil, Inc.ThrockmortonMcLemore 330 #1D4,50044735623
461640Apr 30, 1997Apr 30, 1997Southern Mineral CorporationLavacaTurner Unit #18,24028500352
461613Apr 30, 1997Apr 30, 1997Southern Mineral CorporationLavacaChandler Unit #18,33628500348
460063Apr 1, 1997Apr 1, 1997Southern Mineral CorporationDE WittZengerle #35,51212331334

Full permit history →

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/803920, documented in the API reference.