WELLS · 30-015-02311 · NEW MEXICO · ARTESIA DISTRICT

Welch State #018

ActiveVertical oil well

Operator: Samuel Dale Hughes dba Hughes Drilling Co.
County: Eddy
Pool: Empire; Yates-Seven Rivers

A vertical oil well in Eddy County, New Mexico, operated by Samuel Dale Hughes dba Hughes Drilling Co. OCD status: active.

Spudded May 5, 1951 and drilled to 737 ft measured depth.

Completed in one pool: Empire; Yates-Seven Rivers.

It has reported 4,663 bbl of oil, 2 Mcf of gas, and 285 bbl of water since January 1982; in the twelve months through August 2026, 95 bbl, 0 Mcf, and 17 bbl.

95: bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026
0: Mcf gas, same 12 months
17: bbl produced water, same 12 months
4,663: bbl oil since Jan 1982 · 2 Mcf gas

Reported production

Every month on file for this well on form C-115, summed across its pools and the operators that filed it. The newest months can still be amended.

Last 12 months 95 · prior 12 60(+58%)

Completions

ONE PER POOL THE WELL IS COMPLETED IN

Pool	Status	Perforations, ft	Completed	Produced	Oil, bbl	Gas, Mcf	Water, bbl
Empire; Yates-Seven Rivers	Active · Pumping	—	—	Jan 1982 to Aug 2026	4,663	2	285

Operators of record

Operator	From	To
Samuel Dale Hughes dba Hughes Drilling Co.	Jan 1, 2000	today
Kersey & Company	Jan 1, 1900	Jan 1, 2000

Well record

API number: 30-015-02311
Location: O-21-17S-28E · 990 FSL, 1720 FEL
Coordinates: 32.81534, -104.17793 ↗
Measured depth: 737 ft
True vertical depth: 737 ft
Land: State
Property: Welch State
Spudded: May 5, 1951

About this data

New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (OCD), from its public database extracts. Status and type are in OCD's own words. Production and injection are what operators filed on form C-115, by well and month; twelve-month figures end in Aug 2026, the last month whose filings are in. Locations are from the well's location plat and are approximate. Nothing is estimated.

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