OPERATORS · TEXAS · P-5 NUMBER 829289

Sun Exploration, Inc.

P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Feb 5, 2026
Based in
Alice, TX

Sun Exploration, Inc. has filed no drilling permits in the past 12 months; its most recent permit was issued July 18, 2016.

The RRC wellbore file lists 69 wells under its operatorship (26 producing, 10 shut in).

Lease reports credit it with 9.38K barrels of oil and 10.4K mcf of gas in the 12 months reported through April 2026, down 18% on the year before.

It holds 6 active disposal or injection permits, injecting 253K barrels in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

1 drilling permits have been issued to this operator number since 2016; its P-5 organization report was last filed February 5, 2026.

0
permits, last 12 months
—
vs prior 12 months (0)
0
counties, 12 months
26
producing wells, of 69 of record
66
leases it reports
—
horizontal, 12 months

WINDOWS ON THE RRC ISSUE DATE · COMPUTED NOV 5, 2026

Permits issued by month

LAST 60 MONTHS · BY ISSUE DATE

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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Counties

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

County12 moAll timeWellsLast
Bee county →—13Jul 18, 2016

All 1 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
No completion tops on file.

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 →

9.38K
bbl oil, last 12 reported months
-18%
vs the 12 months before
10.4K
mcf gas incl. casinghead, last 12
233K
bbl oil since reporting began

Last 12 months 9,378 · prior 12 11,426(-18%)

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Sun Exploration, Inc.: Oil by month.

Beyond the permit record

RRC wellbore file

Wells of record

69
in the wellbore file, 47 on schedule
26
producing
10
shut in
2
injection
9
temp. abandoned
22
plugged

How it got them

0
permitted itself
37
acquired from others
0
permitted, now run by others

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

6
active UIC permits of 11
11.7K
permitted bbl/day, active
253K
bbl injected, last 12 reported months
Jun 2025
reported through

By county

San Patricio3 active6.8K bbl/d
Nueces2 active4.5K bbl/d
Live Oak1 active400 bbl/d
Jim Wells0 active0 bbl/d
Bee0 active0 bbl/d
Duval0 active0 bbl/d

All 11 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 →

Type12 moPrior 12All time
Reenter001

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 Active – Extension (X)
Last filed Feb 5, 2026
Gas operatorOil operator
Address
PO Box 4238
Alice, TX 78333
(361) 664-8000
Officers and agents
Eric, Donaho · Texas Resident Agent
Donaho, David L. · President
Donaho, Lynnae S. · Vice President
Mix, Jackie C · Vice President
Donaho, Eric M · President,filing Agent
Mix, Jamie · Secretary,vice President
Donaho, Eric M · President,filing Agent
Mix, Jamie L. · Filing Agent

Latest permits

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

PermitSeenIssuedOperatorCountyLease / wellDepthAPI
821200Dec 13, 2016Dec 13, 2016Mertz Energy LLCSan PatricioWelder Ranch #147,90040931152
816792Jul 18, 2016Jul 18, 2016Sun Exploration, Inc.BeeBorroum #32,25002533330
811549Oct 29, 2015Oct 29, 2015Mertz Energy LLCSan PatricioWelder-Gulley #27,50040933055
735353Apr 13, 2012Apr 13, 2012Mortimer Production CompanySan PatricioGeorge #44,40040932918
714463Apr 21, 2011Apr 21, 2011Carter Exploration CompanyNuecesChapman #137,10035534033
698104Jun 29, 2010Jun 29, 2010Endeavor Natural Gas, LPBeeBorroum #210,30002533276
688003Dec 28, 2009Dec 28, 2009Carter Exploration CompanyNuecesChapman #127,10035533975
687566Dec 4, 2009Dec 4, 2009Mortimer Production CompanySan PatricioGeorge #44,40040932918
687566Dec 4, 2009Dec 4, 2009Mortimer Production CompanySan PatricioGeorge #44,40040932918
649302Nov 15, 2007Nov 15, 2007Carter Exploration CompanyNuecesChapman #117,00035533876
631187Jan 3, 2007Jan 3, 2007Dewbre Petroleum CorporationNuecesHedrick Unit #18,50035533823
631187Jan 3, 2007Jan 3, 2007Dewbre Petroleum CorporationNuecesHedrick Unit #18,50035533823
610957Dec 15, 2005Dec 15, 2005Western Gulf Oil & Gas, LLCNuecesMartin #37,20035533769
602739Jun 29, 2005Jun 29, 2005Carter Exploration CompanyNuecesChapman #87,10035533484
600455May 11, 2005May 11, 2005Mortimer Production CompanySan PatricioFowler #25,60040932698

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 by the operator that filed them, through the statewide reported-through month; disposal from UIC permits and H-10 reports. Summary figures are rebuilt nightly. Nothing is estimated.

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