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OPERATORS · RRC 829612  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sunlight Expl, Inc

Canyon, TX · most active in Oldham County

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Sunlight Expl, Inc was issued 3 drilling permits in the past 12 months, versus 1 in the prior year, across 2 counties led by Oldham with 2. 0% were horizontal.

None were issued in the past 90 days.

The RRC wellbore file lists 38 wells under its operatorship (8 producing, 14 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 31.8K barrels of oil and 21.2K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 44% on the year before.

It holds 3 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 93.4K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

50 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1992; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 4, 2026.

3
permits, last 12 months
+200%
vs prior 12 months (1)
2
counties, 12 months
8
producing wells, of 38 of record
23
leases it reports
0%
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.

78%
spud rate · 38 of 49 mature permits
12
median days permit to spud · middle half 4–25
0
spuds, last 180 days
0%
cancelled · 0 permits
12
expired undrilled
1
permits a year over 34 active years

Permits issued by month

LAST 7 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 7

012023202420252026

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Oldham county →289Mar 20, 2026
Potter county →12718Jul 8, 2026
Hansford county →—50Apr 3, 1997
Hartley county →—33Jun 12, 2018
Stonewall county →—31May 3, 1993
Cottle county →—14Mar 25, 1997
Moore county →—10Feb 21, 1995
Ochiltree county →—12Dec 2, 1997
Yoakum county →—10Mar 29, 2004

All 50 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
Brown Dolomite233
Pennsylvanian42
Canyon42
Wolfcamp42
Red Cave31
Cisco22
Strawn22
Granite Wash20
Des Moines10
Tubb10
Morrow10
Douglas10
White Dolomite11
Glorieta11

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 →

31.8K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
+44%
vs the 12 months before
21.2K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
642K
bbl oil since reporting began

Oil, barrels

Last 12 months 31,756 · prior 12 22,012(+44%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Gas, mcf

Last 12 months 21,194 · prior 12 17,753(+19%)

02K4K202420252026

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

38
on the schedule
8
producing
14
shut in
2
injection
0
temp. abandoned
14
plugged

How it got them

24
permitted itself
14
acquired from others
14
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

3
active UIC permits of 6
5K
permitted bbl/day, active
93.4K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Potter2 active4K bbl/d
Ochiltree1 active1K bbl/d
Cottle0 active0 bbl/d
Oldham0 active0 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Drill2040
Recompletion114
Reenter006

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
Tecovas Creek (Brown Dolomite)88642050100
Whalen (Silver Bow III)9669275040
Cruz Creek (Brown Dolomite)2207810041
Paint Ridge (Canyon Granite WSH)6840550041
Wildcat2400120
Bivins Ranch (Missourian Wash)849257522
Cat Scratch(cisco Sand)1639930022
Crest (Des Moines)2169450021
Guthrie N. (Strawn Reef Upper)3750970010
Panhandle Potter County Field6891500110
Panhandle (Red Cave)6882580011
Pescado Creek (Wolfcamp)7081910010

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 4, 2026
Oil operator
Address
1415 23RD Street
Canyon, TX 79015
(806) 674-4140
Officers and agents
Bright, Christopher Mark · President
Bright, Natalie Kay · Secretary,treasurer,vice Preside

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
916828Jul 8, 2026Jul 8, 2026Sunlight Exploration, Inc.PotterExell Ranch 'A' #540110,50037531949
914086Mar 20, 2026Mar 20, 2026Sunlight Exploration, Inc.OldhamL S Ranch #18,00035930310
913639Feb 24, 2026Feb 24, 2026Sunlight Exploration, Inc.OldhamBivins West #170110,00035930435
909561Jul 30, 2025Jul 30, 2025Sunlight Exploration, Inc.OldhamL S Ranch #29,12535930312
896224Jan 4, 2024Jan 4, 2024Sunlight Exploration, Inc.PotterExell Ranch #53029,00037531940
892897Aug 22, 2023Aug 22, 2023Sunlight Exploration, Inc.PotterExell Ranch RC #14,00037531938
883529Sep 6, 2022Sep 6, 2022Sunlight Exploration, Inc.PotterExell Ranch #530110,00037531933
856078Aug 13, 2019Aug 13, 2019Sunlight Exploration, Inc.OldhamShell Thrust #67017,00035930423
855712Jul 31, 2019Jul 31, 2019Sunlight Exploration, Inc.OldhamCheyenne Ridge #120110,00035930422
846687Nov 9, 2018Nov 9, 2018Valpoint Operating, LLCHartleyWhite Eagle #32110,50020530408
846687Nov 9, 2018Nov 9, 2018Valpoint Operating, LLCHartleyWhite Eagle #32112,00020530408
846544Nov 7, 2018Nov 7, 2018Sunlight Exploration, Inc.OldhamPescado Creek #640111,00035930421
841089Jun 12, 2018Jun 12, 2018Sunlight Exploration, Inc.HartleyMichael -15- #15,70020530399
835450Jan 31, 2018Jan 31, 2018Sunlight Exploration, Inc.HartleyBivins 16 #16,00020500003
827430Jun 6, 2017Jun 6, 2017Sunlight Exploration, Inc.HartleyMichael -15- #16,00020530399

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/829612, documented in the API reference.