OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 800278
Socorro Exploration, Inc.
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 18, 2026
- Based in
- Lubbock, TX
Socorro Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued September 27, 2024.
The RRC wellbore file lists 58 wells under its operatorship (34 producing).
Lease reports credit it with 65.9K barrels of oil and 1.86K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, up 2% on the year before.
It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 212K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.
79 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1985; its P-5 organization report was last filed March 18, 2026.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 34
- producing wells, of 58 of record
- 33
- leases it reports
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 8, 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.
- 70%
- spud rate · 55 of 79 mature permits
- 35
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–84
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 0%
- canceled · 0 permits
- 24
- expired undrilled
- 2
- permits a year over 40 active years
Permits issued by month
LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Counties
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crosby county → | — | 36 | 2 | Jan 30, 1997 |
| Hockley county → | — | 20 | 25 | Dec 13, 2023 |
| Lubbock county → | — | 9 | 17 | Aug 5, 2011 |
| Irion county → | — | 6 | 5 | Aug 22, 2008 |
| Terry county → | — | 3 | 7 | Jun 10, 2021 |
| Dawson county → | — | 2 | 1 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Martin county → | — | 2 | 0 | Dec 15, 1993 |
| Borden county → | — | 1 | 1 | Aug 18, 2014 |
All 79 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clear Fork | 44 | 1 |
| San Andres | 14 | 0 |
| Spraberry | 5 | 0 |
| Yates | 4 | 1 |
| Wolfcamp | 3 | 0 |
| Glorieta | 3 | 1 |
| Leonard | 2 | 0 |
| Santa Rosa | 2 | 1 |
| Wichita-Albany | 1 | 0 |
| Rustler | 1 | 0 |
| Abo | 1 | 0 |
| Cisco | 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 →
- 65.9K
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- +2%
- vs the 12 months before
- 1.86K
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 2.79M
- bbl oil since reporting began
12 months through Apr 2026 65,890 · prior 12 64,863(+2%)
Socorro Exploration, Inc.: Oil by month.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
How it got them
Each count opens the wells it counts. Acquired means the well's permit names a different operator than the schedule does today; wells it permitted that others now run are in its permit history, marked with who runs them now. Transfers and operator numbers →
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 4.09K
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 212K
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Jun 2025
- reported through
By county
| Lubbock | 2 active | 2.6K bbl/d |
| Terry | 2 active | 1K bbl/d |
| Hockley | 2 active | 490 bbl/d |
| Crosby | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
All 23 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
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 →
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Levelland53411001 | 22 | 17 |
| Smyer84345001 | 8 | 5 |
| Idalou North (Clearfork LO)44245500 | 7 | 4 |
| Tokio South (Leonard)90369500 | 6 | 4 |
| Hoople (Clear Fork)42499500 | 5 | 2 |
| Irion 163 (Ellen)44717500 | 4 | 0 |
| Levelland (Abo)53411070 | 1 | 0 |
| Reo (JO Mill Lower)76043500 | 1 | 1 |
| Hamilton (Clearfork)38455500 | 1 | 0 |
| Tokio South (Clear Fork)90369333 | 1 | 1 |
| Breedlove (Spraberry)11751200 | 1 | 0 |
| Lavan (Wolfcamp)52368480 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Active (A)
- Last filed Mar 18, 2026
- Oil operator
- Address
- P O Box 64658
- Lubbock, TX 79464
- (806) 798-2790
- Officers and agents
- Adams, George B · President
- Adams, Kandis K. · Secretary,treasurer
Latest permits
NEWEST FIRST BY ISSUE DATE · FILED OR ON WELLS IT NOW OPERATES
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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Oil includes condensate from gas leases and gas includes casinghead gas from oil leases, as the RRC totals them. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.
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