WELL · 42-055-32903 · DISTRICT 1
Smith -A- #2
Caldwell County · Dunlap field · Vertical
Smith -A- #2 (API 42-055-32903) is a plugged well in Caldwell County, plugged October 12, 2011, last operated by Austin Operating LLC..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 12, 1982, permitted to 3,000 ft.
It was permitted by Barrow, William R. Interests and has since transferred to Austin Operating LLC. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.24K barrels of oil and 23 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Barrow, William R. Interests; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Chicago, IL · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Austin Operating LLC. |
| Production reports | Austin Operating, LLC.through Oct 1998 |
| Latest permit | Barrow, William R. InterestsOct 12, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 12, 1982
- last permit issued
- Mar 17, 1983
- completed
- 1.24K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 23
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 17, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 12, 2011
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith -A- O-1-8764 | Dunlap | Austin Operating, LLC. | 4 | 1.24K | 23 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Texas Coast Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
- 2LMN Oil and Gas, Inc.Feb 1993 → Feb 1995
- 3Southern Royalty Inc.May 1995 → May 1995
- 4Lif-Tex Oil Recovery, Inc.Apr 1997 → Dec 1997
- 5Austin Operating, LLC.Jan 1998 → Oct 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 174029-99 | Drill | Barrow, William R. Interests | Oct 12, 1982 | Oct 12, 1982 | — | 3,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-8764 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,090 | 2,340 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 2,075 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,440 | 7.875 | 470 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 24, 1983 | — |
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 42-055-32903 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-055-32903 → 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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