WELL · 42-077-32701 · DISTRICT 9

Short #5

Y

Clay County · Short (Ellenburger) field · Producing  · Vertical

Short #5 (API 42-077-32701) is a well in Clay County operated by Lewis Operating Company, completed July 17, 1996 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1982 and 1996, permitted to 6,100 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Conglomerate, Ellenburger.

Its lease has reported 292K barrels of oil and 74.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Lewis Operating Company

Holliday, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 4, 2026 · 52 permits on file · (940) 723-0268

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleLewis Operating Company
Production reportsLewis Operating Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitLewis Operating CompanyJul 17, 1996
6,100
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jul 17, 1996
last permit issued
Jul 17, 1996
completed
292K
cumulative oil, bbl
74.4K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 17, 1996
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active

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 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Short O-13-21042Short (Ellenburger)Lewis Operating Company6292K74.4KJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 4,471 · prior 12 5,290(-15%)

0200400600202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 794 · prior 12 1,069(-26%)

0100200202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Lewis Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
450411-99RecompletionLewis Operating CompanyJul 16, 1996Jul 17, 1996Jul 17, 19965,997
167056-99DrillExpando Oil CompanyJul 22, 1982Jul 22, 1982—6,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-13-21042————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,023 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Conglomerate5,874-4,851
Ellenburger5,974-4,951

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,8765,882Perforated
5,9765,997Open hole
—5,976Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62532112.25225 S
2.3755,956——
4.55,9767.875150 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 23, 1996Aug 28, 1996Yes
00Jan 12, 1984Sep 2, 1982—

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.

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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