OPERATORS · RRC 805445  · P-5 STATUS Y

Southern Union Expl Co

Southern Union Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 9, 1987.

The RRC wellbore file lists 5 wells under its operatorship.

45 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 1993.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 5 of record
0
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.

56%
spud rate · 25 of 45 mature permits
49
median days permit to spud · middle half 12–69
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
20
expired undrilled
5
permits a year over 10 active years

Where

Counties by permits in the last 12 months, with all-time permits and current wells of record there.

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Concho county →—70Dec 5, 1984
Runnels county →—60Nov 21, 1984
Reeves county →—40Aug 26, 1986
Coke county →—30Dec 29, 1980
Lavaca county →—30Apr 15, 1981
Taylor county →—30May 24, 1985
Anderson county →—20Dec 2, 1982
Fisher county →—22Aug 15, 1978
Stonewall county →—20Nov 9, 1987
Tom Green county →—22Aug 24, 1981
Bee county →—10Oct 16, 1978
Clay county →—10Dec 11, 1981
Colorado county →—10Jun 27, 1979
Dawson county →—10Dec 5, 1980
Gaines county →—10May 20, 1983
Hockley county →—10Jun 15, 1978
McMullen county →—10Sep 21, 1979
Nolan county →—11May 19, 1981
Pecos county →—10Nov 1, 1979
San Jacinto county →—10Mar 9, 1987
Zavala county →—10Jul 19, 1978

All 45 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 →

FormationWellsPermitted last 3 yrs
Palo Pinto50
Rustler10
Castile10
Canyon10
Mississippian10
Ellenburger10
Lamar10
Delaware10

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
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vs the 12 months before
0
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
2.05K
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

5
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
4
plugged

How it got them

5
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
18
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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill0039
Other006

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 4, 1993
Address
540 Lavaca 8TH Floor
Austin, TX 78701
Officers and agents
C T Corporation System · Texas Resident Agent
Kelley, Peter H. · President
Morgan, Dennis K. · Vice President
Stevens, David W. · Vice President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
338347Nov 9, 1987Nov 9, 1987Southern Union Exploration Co.StonewallSwenson, Carl #13,90043332312
327238Mar 9, 1987Mar 9, 1987Southern Union Exploration Co.San JacintoWhite, Terry #110,00040730520
305636Aug 26, 1986Aug 26, 1986Southern Union Exploration Co.ReevesTrippet, H. H. #43,90038931752
276275May 24, 1985May 24, 1985Southern Union Exploration Co.TaylorLightfoot #16,20044132992
259969Dec 5, 1984Dec 5, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.ConchoStasney, Malcorine W. #50283,85009530791
258485Nov 21, 1984Nov 21, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.RunnelsHays #24,20039933399
258487Nov 21, 1984Nov 21, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.RunnelsHays #44,00039933400
247324Aug 3, 1984Aug 3, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.RunnelsRiley #14,00039933286
240374May 29, 1984May 29, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.ConchoStasney, Malcorine W. #30283,80009530741
240133May 25, 1984May 25, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.ConchoStasney, Malcorine W. #63,80009530739
240131May 25, 1984May 25, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.ConchoStasney, Malcorine W. #40283,80009530738
239969May 23, 1984May 23, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.RunnelsHays #33,90039933226
239672May 22, 1984May 22, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.ConchoEwald, P. P. #24,60009530736
233717Mar 8, 1984Mar 8, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.RunnelsHalfman, Theo #14,30039900706
229174Feb 13, 1984Feb 13, 1984Southern Union Exploration Co.ConchoEwald #14,00009530711

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/805445, documented in the API reference.