OPERATORS · RRC 829431 · P-5 STATUS Y
Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Lafayette
Houston, TX
Watch this operatorSun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Lafayette has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 29, 1988.
The RRC wellbore file lists 66 wells under its operatorship.
237 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 29, 1997.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 66 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.
- 20%
- spud rate · 47 of 237 mature permits
- 41
- median days permit to spud · middle half 20–74
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- cancelled · 2 permits
- 188
- expired undrilled
- 24
- 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.
| County | 12 mo | All time | Wells | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers county → | — | 113 | 40 | Apr 11, 1988 |
| Galveston county → | — | 62 | 7 | Sep 29, 1988 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 13 | 3 | May 16, 1988 |
| Panola county → | — | 11 | 1 | May 14, 1982 |
| Harrison county → | — | 7 | 1 | Nov 9, 1982 |
| Polk county → | — | 7 | 2 | Sep 12, 1985 |
| Montgomery county → | — | 5 | 3 | Jul 6, 1987 |
| Hardin county → | — | 4 | 4 | Jul 7, 1986 |
| Liberty county → | — | 4 | 0 | Nov 29, 1984 |
| Freestone county → | — | 3 | 1 | May 19, 1981 |
| Galveston-SB county → | — | 2 | 1 | Sep 4, 1985 |
| Harris county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jan 27, 1986 |
| Leon county → | — | 2 | 0 | Nov 4, 1982 |
| Navarro county → | — | 1 | 0 | Apr 28, 1982 |
| San Jacinto county → | — | 1 | 1 | May 23, 1980 |
All 237 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 8 | 0 |
| Travis Peak | 8 | 0 |
| Pettit | 7 | 0 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7 | 0 |
| Blossom | 5 | 0 |
| James Lime | 5 | 0 |
| Yegua | 4 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 3 | 0 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 3 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 3 | 0 |
| Pecan Gap | 2 | 0 |
| Anahuac | 2 | 0 |
| Bossier | 2 | 0 |
| Vicksburg | 1 | 0 |
| Wilcox | 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
- 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
- 66
- on the schedule
- 0
- producing
- 0
- shut in
- 0
- injection
- 0
- temp. abandoned
- 52
- plugged
How it got them
- 19
- permitted itself
- 19
- acquired from others
- 45
- 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 10
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Chambers | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Harris | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
| Montgomery | 0 active | 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seabreeze81851001 | 6 | 0 |
| Stowell (Discorbis)86429052 | 3 | 0 |
| Anahuac W. (Marginulina)2475500 | 3 | 0 |
| Willow Slough (FB-a SBZ)97736405 | 2 | 0 |
| Willow Slough (Nod. B-3)97736930 | 2 | 0 |
| Umbrella Point (F-14)92388765 | 2 | 0 |
| Red Fish Reef SW. (F-11B)75241232 | 2 | 0 |
| Caplen (FB-2A 2-C2)15491448 | 1 | 0 |
| Caplen (FB-5 9)15491798 | 1 | 0 |
| Caplen (FB-2 6-B-1)15491352 | 1 | 0 |
| Caplen (FB-4 2-B4)15491742 | 1 | 0 |
| Caplen (FB-3A 5)15491722 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status code Y
- Last filed Oct 29, 1997
- Address
- P.O. Box 1501
- Houston, TX 77251
- Officers and agents
- None listed.
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
| Permit | Seen | Issued | Operator | County | Lease / well | Depth | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 509035 | May 21, 2001 | May 21, 2001 | Rme Petroleum Company | Panola | J. A. McDaniel Unit #1 | 6,054 | 36501542 |
| 485228 | Jun 15, 1999 | Jun 15, 1999 | Famcor Oil, Inc | San Jacinto | Hermann Hospital Estate #1 | 2,250 | 40730428 |
| 447555 | May 3, 1996 | May 3, 1996 | American Exploration Company | Jefferson | Broussard & Hebert #40 | 8,052 | 24531618 |
| 436904 | Jun 20, 1995 | Jun 20, 1995 | American Exploration Company | Jefferson | Broussard & Hebert #27 | 7,552 | 24502094 |
| 433814 | Mar 15, 1995 | Mar 15, 1995 | Oryx Energy Company | Chambers | C. L. Wakefield Trust #7 | 9,769 | 07131264 |
| 416323 | Sep 22, 1993 | Sep 22, 1993 | Oryx Energy Company | Galveston | Zinn & Forman #14 | 7,714 | 16700917 |
| 412668 | Jul 7, 1993 | Jul 7, 1993 | Oryx Energy Company | Chambers | Jackson, Felix et AL #48 | 8,400 | 07102356 |
| 406531 | Dec 7, 1992 | Dec 7, 1992 | American Exploration Company | Jefferson | Hebert, Broussard #40 | 8,052 | 24531618 |
| 400207 | Jun 17, 1992 | Jun 17, 1992 | American Exploration Company | Chambers | State Tract 288 #12 | 10,946 | 07103208 |
| 393863 | Nov 12, 1991 | Nov 12, 1991 | Oryx Energy Company | Chambers | White Estate -A- #9 | 9,000 | 07131134 |
| 371608 | Mar 29, 1990 | Mar 29, 1990 | Oryx Energy Company | Chambers | Jackson, Felix et AL #48 | 8,400 | 07102356 |
| 371608 | Mar 29, 1990 | Mar 29, 1990 | Oryx Energy Company | Chambers | Jackson, Felix et AL #48 | 8,400 | 07102356 |
| 354400 | Dec 19, 1988 | Dec 19, 1988 | Sun Exploration & Production Co. | Jefferson | Broussard & Hebert #27 | 7,552 | 24502094 |
| 350557 | Sep 29, 1988 | Sep 29, 1988 | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Lafayette | Galveston | Zinn, Hudnall & Forman #1 | 7,583 | 16700927 |
| 346581 | May 18, 1988 | May 18, 1988 | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Lafayette | Galveston | Zinn & Forman #12 | 7,800 | 16700923 |
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/829431, documented in the API reference.