OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 801640
Sonat Exploration Company
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 4, 1999
- Based in
- Houston, TX
Petrora groups this registration with Sonat Exploration Company, New Mexico (0 active wells). Sonat Exploration Company across every state →
Sonat Exploration Company has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued February 11, 1997.
The RRC wellbore file lists 12 wells under its operatorship.
151 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 1980; its P-5 organization report was last filed October 4, 1999.
- 0
- permits, last 12 months
- —
- vs prior 12 months (0)
- 0
- counties, 12 months
- 0
- producing wells, of 48 of record
- 0
- leases it reports · 46 ever reported on
- —
- horizontal, 12 months
WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 10, 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.
- 45%
- spud rate · 68 of 151 mature permits
- 45
- median days permit to spud · middle half 14–112
- 0
- spuds, last 180 days
- 1%
- canceled · 1 permits
- 82
- expired undrilled
- 9
- permits a year over 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panola county → | — | 78 | 0 | Jul 13, 1990 |
| Shelby county → | — | 26 | 2 | May 11, 1990 |
| Harrison county → | — | 18 | 1 | Jun 12, 1990 |
| Hemphill county → | — | 12 | 1 | Jun 27, 1995 |
| Jefferson county → | — | 4 | 0 | Feb 11, 1997 |
| Rusk county → | — | 4 | 0 | May 23, 1990 |
| Gregg county → | — | 2 | 0 | Jun 21, 1990 |
| Orange county → | — | 2 | 0 | May 2, 1986 |
| Hidalgo county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jun 14, 1984 |
| Lavaca county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 5, 1987 |
| Liberty county → | — | 1 | 0 | Jan 26, 1988 |
| Matgrda IS-LB county → | — | 1 | 0 | Feb 21, 1984 |
| Smith county → | — | 1 | 0 | Aug 9, 1989 |
All 151 permits, searchable → · Leases it reported on → · On the map →
Formations in wells it permitted
Tops reported on completion filings for wells permitted under this operator number, including wells others run today. RRC wellbore file. About tops →
| Formation | Wells | Permitted last 3 yrs |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Peak | 62 | 0 |
| Pettit | 50 | 0 |
| James Lime | 43 | 0 |
| Glen Rose | 39 | 0 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker) | 22 | 0 |
| BMA | 22 | 0 |
| Rodessa | 21 | 0 |
| Cotton Valley | 21 | 0 |
| Goodland | 18 | 0 |
| Paluxy | 13 | 0 |
| Blossom | 10 | 0 |
| Douglas | 7 | 0 |
| Austin Chalk | 6 | 0 |
| Taylor | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 5 | 0 |
Production by month
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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. From 46 leases it reported on; 11 are reported by other operators today; 35 are no longer on the schedule.How production is reported →
- 0
- bbl oil, last 12 reported months
- —
- vs the 12 months before
- 0
- mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
- 527K
- bbl oil since reporting began
No lease production reported under this operator number in the last ten years.
Beyond the permit record
RRC wellbore file
Wells of record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Disposal and injection
- 0
- permitted bbl/day, active
- 0
- bbl injected, last 12 reported months
- Sep 2025
- reported through
By county
| Jefferson | 0 active | 0 bbl/d |
All 3 permits, with volumes → · On the map →
Permitted volume is a ceiling, not throughput. How to read it →
Operator of record and permit operator
A well's operator of record is the RRC's, and its permit operator is the one on its latest drilling permit; neither fills in for the other. Its wellbores of record are counted as its wells, with its live permits; a well it permitted that another operator runs, or that the RRC lists with no operator at all, is not. Each count opens the wells it counts. Transfers and operator numbers →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drill | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| Recompletion | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Field transfer | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| High Island Blk. 14-L (9100-E)41167280 | 2 | 0 |
| Joaquin (Jeter)46597500 | 2 | 0 |
| High Island Blk. 14-L (6700)41167100 | 1 | 0 |
| High Island Blk. 14-L (8700)41167200 | 1 | 0 |
| High Island Blk. 14-L(9200)41167300 | 1 | 0 |
| High Island Blk. 14-L (9500)41167500 | 1 | 0 |
| Waskom (Travis Peak 6115)95369890 | 1 | 0 |
| High Island 14-L (10200)41167750 | 1 | 0 |
| Waterfield (Morrow Upper)95453500 | 1 | 0 |
| High Island BLK 14-L (10000-C)41167700 | 1 | 0 |
P-5 organization report
As registered with the RRC. About the P-5 →
- Registration
- Status Inactive (I)
- Last filed Oct 4, 1999
- Address
- Attn Joyce Watts, P O Box 1513
- Houston, TX 77251
- (713) 940-6962
- Officers and agents
- Neale, George C, · Texas Resident Agent
- Holmes, John B Jr · President/Ceo
- Lane, Robert A · Vice President/Coo
- Smith, William A · Vice President/Gen Counsel/Secre
- Pruet, Ronald B Jr · Vice President/Treasurer
- Martin, Robert L · Vice President
- Simmons, Bryan I · Vice President/Chief Engineer
- Sak, Deborah K · Vice President
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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