WELL · 42-049-34482 · DISTRICT 7
Smelley #2X
Brown County · Brown County Regular field · Vertical
Smelley #2X (API 42-049-34482) is a plugged well in Brown County, plugged March 12, 1988, last operated by Vrk Operating Company Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1985 and 1991, permitted to 1,600 ft.
It was permitted by Touchdown Oil Company and has since transferred to Vrk Operating Company Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Cross Cut, Cross Cut Sand.
Its lease has reported 190 barrels of oil and 13 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 1996. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Touchdown Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Fort Worth, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 9, 1991 · 13 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | VRK Operating Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Orth Oil Company, Inc.through Jan 1995 |
| Latest permit | Touchdown Oil CompanyJun 10, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,600
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 10, 1991
- last permit issued
- Jan 20, 1986
- completed
- 190
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 13
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1996
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 20, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 12, 1988
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; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelly, J.D. O-8-23575 | Brown County Regular | McIver, Terry L. | 5 | 190 | 13 | Jan 1993 – Jun 1996 |
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.
- 1Orth Oil Company, Inc.Jul 1993 → Jan 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 388613-99 | Reenter | Touchdown Oil Company | Jun 4, 1991 | Jun 10, 1991 | Jun 14, 1991 | 1,500 |
| 286201-99 | Drill | S & M Operating, Inc./VRK Inv. | Oct 1, 1985 | Oct 1, 1985 | — | 1,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-23575 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,402 | 1,405 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 1,460 | 6.75 | 275 S |
| 4.5 | 1,463 | 6.75 | 275 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 31, 1993 | Nov 16, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 22, 1993 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 5, 1986 | Feb 19, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 26, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-049-34482 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-049-34482 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
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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