OPERATORS · RRC 829435 · P-5 STATUS N

Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Houston

Houston, TX

Sun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Houston has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued October 4, 1988.

The RRC wellbore file lists 836 wells under its operatorship.

1,290 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1978.

0: permits, last 12 months
—: vs prior 12 months (0)
0: counties, 12 months
0: producing wells, of 836 of record
1: 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.

21%: spud rate · 274 of 1,290 mature permits
27: median days permit to spud · middle half 12–59
0: spuds, last 180 days
0%: cancelled · 5 permits
1,009: expired undrilled
117: permits a year over 11 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
Starr county →	—	448	217	Oct 4, 1988
Jim Wells county →	—	293	196	Aug 9, 1988
Victoria county →	—	94	19	Aug 2, 1988
Kleberg county →	—	61	81	Aug 9, 1988
Nueces county →	—	50	95	Mar 15, 1988
Karnes county →	—	36	1	Nov 13, 1985
Dimmit county →	—	29	4	Jan 26, 1988
Duval county →	—	26	31	Apr 1, 1988
Hidalgo county →	—	26	4	Apr 11, 1988
Wharton county →	—	26	3	Apr 28, 1988
LA Salle county →	—	23	8	Jul 18, 1984
Jackson county →	—	20	10	Feb 3, 1987
Fayette county →	—	18	0	Jun 18, 1985
Matagorda county →	—	18	7	Sep 16, 1987
Jim Hogg county →	—	16	20	Sep 25, 1984
Atascosa county →	—	13	0	Nov 20, 1986
Brazoria county →	—	12	3	Mar 24, 1987
McMullen county →	—	12	5	Oct 22, 1986
Brooks county →	—	11	4	Mar 10, 1988
Refugio county →	—	9	13	Apr 14, 1988
Zavala county →	—	8	4	Jul 29, 1987
Wilson county →	—	7	3	Mar 11, 1986
Goliad county →	—	5	0	Aug 24, 1988
Live Oak county →	—	5	2	Dec 28, 1984
Bee county →	—	4	2	Feb 4, 1983
Lavaca county →	—	4	5	Jul 1, 1985
Colorado county →	—	3	1	Jun 10, 1983
Mustang IS-SB county →	—	3	1	Jan 22, 1985
Webb county →	—	3	9	Jan 17, 1985
Kenedy county →	—	2	11	Jan 21, 1986
Austin county →	—	1	1	Apr 10, 1980
Mustang IS-LB county →	—	1	0	Apr 13, 1982
Robertson county →	—	1	0	Aug 14, 1984
Washington county →	—	1	1	Aug 9, 1983
Willacy county →	—	1	0	Jan 4, 1985

All 1,290 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
Vicksburg	74	0
Frio	23	0
Catahoula	18	0
San Miguel	18	0
Escondido	17	0
Olmos	13	0
Greta	10	0
Oakville	10	0
Austin Chalk	9	0
Wilcox	8	0
Queen City	5	0
Yegua	5	0
Miocene (undifferentiated)	4	0
Carrizo	3	0
Midway	2	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

836: on the schedule
0: producing
0: shut in
0: injection
0: temp. abandoned
504: plugged

How it got them

149: permitted itself
74: acquired from others
236: 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 63
0: permitted bbl/day, active
0: bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025: reported through

By county

Starr	0 active	0 bbl/d
Jim Wells	0 active	0 bbl/d
Duval	0 active	0 bbl/d
Kleberg	0 active	0 bbl/d
Refugio	0 active	0 bbl/d
Nueces	0 active	0 bbl/d
Jim Hogg	0 active	0 bbl/d
Zavala	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	831
Drill	0	0	446
Other	0	0	13

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
Seeligson (Zone 19-B-03)82126280	66	0
Chapman Abbott17047001	51	0
Seeligson (Zone 14-B)82126135	38	0
Big Caesar (Pfleuger Upper)7774710	30	0
Seeligson (Zone 16-D)82126190	25	0
Stratton (Bertram Wardner)86508126	25	0
Sun87122001	22	0
Garcia (Frost -A-)33954080	15	0
Seeligson (Zone 20-B-03)82126385	14	0
Sun North87124001	13	0
Garcia33954001	12	0
Red Fish Bay (Zone 5-A)75203128	12	0

P-5 organization report

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

Registration: Status code N; Last filed —

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
765915	Jul 10, 2013	Jul 10, 2013	Strata Operating, Inc.	Starr	Villareal Unit #1RE	4,000	42703700
765915	Jul 10, 2013	Jul 10, 2013	Strata Operating, Inc.	Starr	Villareal Unit #1RE	4,000	42703700
715836	May 12, 2011	May 12, 2011	Triad Energy Corporation	Jim Wells	Seeligson Unit #1616A	6,295	24903671
683303	Jul 23, 2009	Jul 23, 2009	Triad Energy Corporation	Jim Wells	Seeligson Unit #2905	6,712	24902656
647346	Oct 11, 2007	Oct 11, 2007	Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP	Starr	Montalvo, N. R. #11	5,500	42731512
537423	Jan 23, 2004	Jan 23, 2004	White Oak Operating Company LLC	Starr	McLean, Marrs #26	3,600	42732015
537185	Oct 8, 2003	Oct 8, 2003	Battlecat Operating Company, LLC	LA Salle	Foster, J. Estate #4	7,750	28331064
537185	Oct 8, 2003	Oct 8, 2003	Battlecat Operating Company, LLC	LA Salle	Foster, J. Estate #4	7,750	28331064
537183	Oct 8, 2003	Oct 8, 2003	Battlecat Operating Company, LLC	LA Salle	Gutierrez #2	8,450	28330999
537183	Oct 8, 2003	Oct 8, 2003	Battlecat Operating Company, LLC	LA Salle	Gutierrez #2	8,450	28330999
536930	Oct 3, 2003	Oct 3, 2003	Battlecat Operating Company, LLC	LA Salle	Foster, J. Estate #3	7,900	28330990
536930	Oct 3, 2003	Oct 3, 2003	Battlecat Operating Company, LLC	LA Salle	Foster, J. Estate #3	7,900	28330990
516529	Jan 4, 2002	Jan 4, 2002	Maguire Oil Company	Brooks	Sullivan, D. J. #11	13,723	04730770
488336	Oct 12, 1999	Oct 12, 1999	Ceniza Petroleum, Inc.	Victoria	Coffey, W. V. #10	7,561	46902530
465093	Jul 18, 1997	Jul 18, 1997	Oryx Energy Company	Starr	DE Garcia, B. G. #41	7,450	42732069

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/829435, documented in the API reference.