WELL · 42-055-31189 · DISTRICT 1
Smith Wm. #5
Caldwell County · Salt Flat field · Vertical
Smith WM. #5 (API 42-055-31189) is a well in Caldwell County operated by Matrix Producing Company, completed June 30, 1979.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 30, 1979, permitted to 2,700 ft.
It was permitted by Jean Oil CO. and has since transferred to Matrix Producing Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 44.6K barrels of oil and 731 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 18 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Jean Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Luling, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 8, 2005
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Matrix Producing Company |
| Production reports | Gauge Oil Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Jean Oil Co.May 30, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 30, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jun 30, 1979
- completed
- 44.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 731
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 30, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 18 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson, J.P. -A- O-1-12346 | Salt Flat | Gauge Oil Company | 12 | 38.8K | 53 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Smith, Wm. O-1-1506 | Salt Flat | Matrix Producing Company | 6 | 5.8K | 678 | Jan 1993 – Sep 2002 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 483 · prior 12 511(-5%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Jean Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Dec 1993
- 2Shale Operating Co.Jan 1993 → May 1994
- 3Energypro, Inc.Jan 1994 → Sep 2001
- 4Thomas Oil & Gas CompanyFeb 1995 → May 1998
- 5Matrix Producing CompanyMar 2002 → Feb 2005
- 6Gauge Oil CompanyMar 2005 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49746-99 | Drill | Jean Oil Co. | May 30, 1979 | May 30, 1979 | — | 2,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-1506 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-12346 | — | — | — | — |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 2,652 | 7.875 | 366 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 | Jun 11, 2002 | Aug 6, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 6, 1979 | — |
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 42-055-31189 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-055-31189 → 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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