OPERATORS · RRC 833285  · P-5 STATUS Y

Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc

Fort Worth, TX

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Sweetwater Drilling CO. Inc has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued April 12, 2004.

The RRC wellbore file lists 49 wells under its operatorship.

94 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1977; its P-5 organization report was last filed May 29, 2025.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
0
producing wells, of 49 of record
18
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.

36%
spud rate · 34 of 94 mature permits
14
median days permit to spud · middle half 5–34
0
spuds, last 180 days
3%
cancelled · 3 permits
57
expired undrilled
3
permits a year over 27 active years

Where

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Callahan county →—328Jan 25, 1984
Jack county →—142Jul 17, 1979
Stephens county →—97Sep 16, 1996
Nolan county →—84Oct 8, 1985
Runnels county →—83Mar 22, 1983
Mitchell county →—50Dec 12, 1980
Parker county →—30Jan 15, 1981
Jones county →—24Sep 10, 1987
Palo Pinto county →—21Jul 12, 1983
Brown county →—10Nov 19, 1982
Clay county →—11Sep 27, 1983
Coleman county →—10May 27, 1980
Eastland county →—10Dec 27, 1982
Fisher county →—11Dec 13, 1983
Gaines county →—10Nov 3, 1982
Garza county →—10Apr 12, 2004
Haskell county →—11Aug 16, 1982
Taylor county →—11Aug 19, 1991
Throckmorton county →—11Nov 9, 1978
Young county →—17Oct 13, 1986

All 94 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
Caddo60
Strawn50
Ellenburger20
Duffer20
Mississippian10
Marble Falls10
Tannehill10

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
92.1K
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

49
on the schedule
0
producing
0
shut in
0
injection
0
temp. abandoned
47
plugged

How it got them

23
permitted itself
10
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

0
active UIC permits of 5
0
permitted bbl/day, active
0
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

Coke0 active0 bbl/d
Concho0 active0 bbl/d
Nolan0 active0 bbl/d
Taylor0 active0 bbl/d
Young0 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
Drill0083
Other005
Recompletion004
Reenter002

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.

P-5 organization report

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

Registration
Status code Y
Last filed May 29, 2025
Gas operator
Address
6451 Camp Bowie Blvd
Fort Worth, TX 76116
(214) 755-8000
Officers and agents
Poe, Joe Austin · President/Vice President/Secreta

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
544293Apr 12, 2004Apr 12, 2004Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.GarzaGene #17,50016931360
452440Sep 16, 1996Sep 16, 1996Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.StephensDickie, L. #14,59442931035
390925Aug 19, 1991Aug 19, 1991Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.TaylorJoiner, Weir #22,50044132396
363821Sep 11, 1989Sep 11, 1989Shoshone Oil CompanyConchoNeal #15,00009531041
335537Sep 10, 1987Sep 10, 1987Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.JonesPoe Trust #25,00025333640
327710Mar 18, 1987Mar 18, 1987Sequoia Fossil Fuels, Inc.ConchoNeal #53,90009530914
325920Jan 28, 1987Jan 28, 1987Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.JonesPoe Trust #15,00025333567
321620Oct 13, 1986Oct 13, 1986Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.YoungKing, B. W. #33,65250331973
286867Oct 8, 1985Oct 8, 1985Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.NolanWilliams/Patton Trusts #25,89835331248
231926Mar 9, 1984Mar 9, 1984Frey & Odom Energy Devlpmt, Inc.ConchoNeal #34,00009530717
227195Jan 25, 1984Jan 25, 1984Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.CallahanHeyser, Naomi #4S55005934787
227098Jan 23, 1984Jan 23, 1984Frey & Odom Energy Devlpmt, Inc.ConchoNeal #44,00009530706
223772Dec 13, 1983Dec 13, 1983Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.FisherU. S. G. #16,40015131768
216664Sep 27, 1983Sep 27, 1983Sweetwater Drilling Co. Inc.ClayWelch #16,27407730392
205391Aug 9, 1983Aug 9, 1983Computech Energy & Explor., Inc.JonesHerring, S. C. #2C5,20025332644

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.

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