WELL · 42-071-31749 · DISTRICT 3
Smith #7
Chambers County · Barbers Hill field · Vertical
Smith #7 (API 42-071-31749) is a plugged well in Chambers County, plugged July 20, 2015, last operated by Linc Gulf Coast Petroleum Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 23, 1985, permitted to 6,800 ft.
It was permitted by E-Tex Oil CO. and has since transferred to Linc Gulf Coast Petroleum Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Piercement Type, Salt Dome.
Its lease has reported 16.4K barrels of oil and 20 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 2015. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Linc Gulf Coast Petroleum Inc.
Permitted by E-Tex Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Katy, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 5, 2018 · 156 permits on file · (281) 385-5220
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Linc Gulf Coast Petroleum Inc. |
| Production reports | Erg Operating Company, Inc.through Sep 2005 |
| Latest permit | E-Tex Oil Co.Oct 23, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 23, 1985
- last permit issued
- Dec 18, 1986
- completed
- 16.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 20
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 18, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 20, 2015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith O-3-176 | Barbers Hill | Linc Gulf Coast Petroleum, Inc. | 5 | 16.4K | 20 | Jan 1993 – Sep 2015 |
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.
- 1Union Seaboard CorporationJan 1993 → Apr 2004
- 2Erg Operating Company, Inc.May 2004 → Sep 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 288115-99 | Drill | E-Tex Oil Co. | Oct 10, 1985 | Oct 23, 1985 | Jan 26, 1986 | 6,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-176 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,675 | 3,679 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,018 | 12.25 | — |
| 5.5 | 6,300 | 7.875 | — |
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 | Apr 28, 1987 | Jan 9, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 23, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-071-31749 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-071-31749 → 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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