TEXAS · WELLS · BORDEN COUNTY · SHORTES "A" LEASE · API 42-033-30963 · DISTRICT 7B
Shortes A #1
Borden County · Ackerly (Dean Sand) field · Vertical
Shortes A #1 (API 42-033-30963) is a plugged well in Borden County, plugged April 26, 1995, last operated by Beach Exploration Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 12, 1983, permitted to 8,500 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Spby, Dean.
Its lease has reported 5.86K barrels of oil and 3.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 25, 2025
- Permits on file
- 165
- Phone
- (432) 683-6226
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Beach Exploration Inc. |
| Production reports | Beach Exploration, Inc.through Jan 1995 |
| Latest permit | Beach Exploration, Inc.Oct 12, 1983 |
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 12, 1983
- last permit issued
- Dec 29, 1983
- completed
- 5.86K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 1995
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 29, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 26, 1995
Surface location
No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortes "A" O-11-64625 | Ackerly (Dean Sand) | Beach Exploration, Inc. | 1 | 5.86K | 3.4K | Jan 1993 – Jan 1995 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Beach Exploration, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216960-99 | Drill | Beach Exploration, Inc. | Oct 12, 1983 | Oct 12, 1983 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 1983 | Shortes A O-11-64625 | Ackerly (Dean Sand) | Beach Exploration Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,802 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Spby | 6,660 | -3,858 |
| Dean | 8,070 | -5,268 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,080 | 8,270 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 353 | 17.5 | 350 S |
| 8.625 | 3,506 | 11 | 250 S |
| 4.5 | 5,588 | 7.875 | 650 S |
| 4.5 | 8,512 | 7.875 | 750 S |
Completion filings
W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Feb 29, 1984 | Jan 5, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Feb 23, 1984 | Jan 5, 1984 | — |
The source documents
Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.
- Wellbore filings for 42-033-30963 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-033-30963 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
About this data
Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.
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