OPERATORS · RRC 807070  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sovereign Expl Co

Sovereign Expl CO has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued November 2, 1979.

The RRC wellbore file lists 2 wells under its operatorship.

47 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed September 15, 1982.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 2 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.

55%
spud rate · 26 of 47 mature permits
15
median days permit to spud · middle half 7–43
0
spuds, last 180 days
2%
cancelled · 1 permits
20
expired undrilled
16
permits a year over 3 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Victoria county →—151Nov 2, 1979
Goliad county →—70Mar 8, 1979
Jackson county →—70Oct 24, 1979
Jim Wells county →—60Jan 4, 1979
Bee county →—51May 30, 1979
Sherman county →—30May 11, 1979
Hansford county →—10Jun 1, 1979
Lavaca county →—10Nov 9, 1978
Nueces county →—10Oct 2, 1978
Scurry county →—10Nov 13, 1978

All 47 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
Frio10
Miocene (undifferentiated)10

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
0
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

2
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
2
plugged

How it got them

2
permitted itself
0
acquired from others
12
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
Drill0040
Recompletion004
Other003

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.

FieldWellsProducing
Blanconia (2900)879432010
Dreyer (2350)2610684010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed Sep 15, 1982
Address
12700 Hillcrest RD #280
Dallas, TX 75230
Officers and agents
Amend, Eugene · Secretary/Treasurer
Willis, George F · President

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
62813Nov 2, 1979Nov 2, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyVictoriaDentler, Felix #1C3,90046931190
61772Oct 24, 1979Oct 24, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyJacksonCarroll #14,40023931452
61495Oct 22, 1979Oct 22, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyJacksonMilby Estate #16,10023931449
55911Aug 17, 1979Aug 17, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyVictoriaDentler, Felix #1C3,90046931190
55354Aug 13, 1979Aug 13, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyVictoriaPantel #13,80046931491
53751Jul 26, 1979Jul 26, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyJacksonFranek #13,10023931422
49899Jun 1, 1979Jun 1, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyHansfordBatton #18,40019530688
49747May 30, 1979May 30, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyBeeMay, E. #15,10002530953
48299May 11, 1979May 11, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyShermanDonnell #13,60042130230
46769Apr 19, 1979Apr 19, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyVictoriaRuschhaupt #25,70046931453
43950Mar 8, 1979Mar 8, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyGoliadBerger, R. J. #24,01017530261
42266Feb 9, 1979Feb 9, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyVictoriaGisler #13,81246931429
41422Jan 11, 1979Jan 11, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyJacksonCatlow #17,10023931365
40461Jan 9, 1979Jan 9, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyBeeMcCoy #13,50002531049
40460Jan 9, 1979Jan 9, 1979Sovereign Exploration CompanyBeeParker #14,50002531048

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/807070, documented in the API reference.