OPERATORS · RRC 828880 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sulphur River Expl, Inc
Dallas, TX
Watch this operatorSulphur River Expl, Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 3, 2019.
The RRC wellbore file lists 212 wells under its operatorship (97 producing, 7 shut in).
Lease reports credit it with 135K barrels of oil and 2.02M mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 1% on the year before.
It holds 24 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 5.18M barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
107 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed August 4, 2025.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 97
- producing wells, of 212 of record
- 198
- 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.
- 69%
- spud rate · 74 of 107 mature permits
- 29
- median days permit to spud · middle half 12–61
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- cancelled · 0 permits
- 33
- expired undrilled
- 3
- permits a year over 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upshur county → | — | 49 | 86 | Sep 14, 2006 |
| Cass county → | — | 19 | 46 | May 20, 2016 |
| Stonewall county → | — | 8 | 1 | Apr 16, 1997 |
| Hopkins county → | — | 6 | 53 | Jun 27, 2018 |
| Jones county → | — | 6 | 0 | Oct 2, 1987 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 6 | 6 | Jul 3, 2019 |
| Franklin county → | — | 4 | 5 | Apr 21, 2008 |
| Leon county → | — | 4 | 1 | May 31, 2005 |
| San Patricio county → | — | 2 | 3 | Dec 8, 2016 |
| Haskell county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 1, 1984 |
| Houston county → | — | 1 | 1 | May 15, 1985 |
| Madison county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 21, 1978 |
All 107 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Peak | 39 | 0 |
| Bossier | 35 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 34 | 0 |
| Paluxy | 32 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 25 | 0 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 16 | 0 |
| Pettit | 14 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 10 | 0 |
| Smackover | 9 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 6 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 6 | 0 |
| Woodbine | 4 | 0 |
| Yegua | 4 | 0 |
| Edwards | 4 | 0 |
| Nacatoch | 3 | 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 →
- 135K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- -1%
- vs the 12 months before
- 2.02M
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 5.38M
- bbl oil since reporting began
Gas, mcf
Last 12 months 2,016,376 · prior 12 1,847,812(+9%)
Oil, barrels
Last 12 months 134,992 · prior 12 136,621(-1%)
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
- 212
- on the schedule
- 97
- producing
- 7
- shut in
- 8
- injection
- 16
- temp. abandoned
- 56
- plugged
How it got them
- 56
- permitted itself
- 73
- 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 →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 24
- active UIC permits of 36
- 106K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 5.18M
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Hopkins | 12 active | 51K bbl/d |
| Cass | 6 active | 29.6K bbl/d |
| Yoakum | 1 active | 10K bbl/d |
| Upshur | 3 active | 9K bbl/d |
| Franklin | 1 active | 3K bbl/d |
| Camp | 1 active | 3K 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 →
| Type | 12 mo | Prior 12 | All time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Reenter | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gilmer(jurassic)34943750 | 76 | 61 |
| Bryans Mill (Smackover)12735500 | 28 | 1 |
| Sulphur Bluff87059001 | 21 | 10 |
| Brantley Jackson (Smackover)11456500 | 15 | 6 |
| Gilmer (Cotton Valley Sands)34943300 | 8 | 8 |
| Birthright (Smackover)8381666 | 7 | 0 |
| Frost (Smackover)33105500 | 5 | 1 |
| Brantley Jackson W (Smackover)11462500 | 4 | 1 |
| Carbondale (Smackover 9660)15589500 | 4 | 0 |
| West (Devonian)96487500 | 4 | 2 |
| Nelta (Smackover)64932500 | 3 | 0 |
| Bryans Mill (Rodessa V)12735488 | 3 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Aug 4, 2025
- CSGD/GCSGD/PG/PURGas gatheringGas operatorOil operator
- Address
- 4851 LBJ Freeway Ste 550
- Dallas, TX 75244
- (800) 734-4872
- Officers and agents
- Corey, Rex Jr · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 854634 | Jul 3, 2019 | Jul 3, 2019 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Kubena Oil Unit #3 | 13,585 | 28532174 |
| 848731 | Mar 7, 2019 | Mar 7, 2019 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Hathaway Unit #7 | 13,689 | 28532252 |
| 847910 | Dec 20, 2018 | Dec 20, 2018 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Neuhaus Unit #4 | 11,800 | 28531487 |
| 841752 | Jun 27, 2018 | Jun 27, 2018 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Hopkins | Santa FE Spindletop #1 | 6,097 | 22330476 |
| 832182 | Oct 24, 2017 | Oct 24, 2017 | Black Stone Energy Company, LLC | Hardin | Pepperjack A #1 | 16,500 | 19933595 |
| 829755 | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 11, 2017 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Neuhaus Unit #3 | 9,213 | 28531312 |
| 828863 | Jul 20, 2017 | Jul 20, 2017 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Neuhaus Unit #4 | 11,800 | 28531487 |
| 827163 | Jun 5, 2017 | Jun 5, 2017 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Lavaca | Clay Clark #2 | 9,200 | 28531427 |
| 820553 | Dec 8, 2016 | Dec 8, 2016 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | San Patricio | Portland Gas Unit 'A' #5 | 11,100 | 40932636 |
| 815831 | May 20, 2016 | May 20, 2016 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Cass | Latham 'B' #1 | 9,795 | 06700106 |
| 801290 | Dec 10, 2014 | Dec 10, 2014 | Tanos Exploration II, LLC | Upshur | H. J. Trammell Gas Unit #5HH | 11,057 | 45931481 |
| 799506 | Nov 3, 2014 | Nov 3, 2014 | Tanos Exploration II, LLC | Upshur | Indian Rock Gas Unit No. 6 #9HH | 11,950 | 45931480 |
| 796123 | Sep 29, 2014 | Sep 29, 2014 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Cass | Frost Waterflood Unit #5WS | 5,100 | 06700097 |
| 793785 | Sep 3, 2014 | Sep 3, 2014 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Cass | Frost Waterflood Unit #4WS | 5,100 | 06730030 |
| 791648 | Aug 19, 2014 | Aug 19, 2014 | Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. | Cass | Frost Waterflood Unit #3 | 10,060 | 06700007 |
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/828880, documented in the API reference.