TEXAS · WELLS · CRANE COUNTY · WADDELL TR A LEASE · API 42-103-01722 · DISTRICT 7B
Waddell TR A #253
Crane County · Sand Hills (McKnight) field · Vertical
Waddell TR A #253 (API 42-103-01722) is a plugged well in Crane County, plugged September 5, 2014, last operated by Blackbeard Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 19, 2011, permitted to 3,505 ft.
It was permitted by Burlington Res O & G CO-Midland and has since transferred to Blackbeard Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yates, Judkins, McKnight.
Its lease has reported 18.8M barrels of oil and 66.6M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 661 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Burlington Res O & G Co-Midland; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 2, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,267
- Phone
- (432) 242-0050
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Blackbeard Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Blackbeard Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Burlington Res O & G Co-MidlandSep 19, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,505
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 19, 2011
- last permit issued
- Dec 20, 2012
- completed
- 18.8M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 66.6M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 20, 2012
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 5, 2014
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 661 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waddell TR A O-10-5263 | Sand Hills (McKnight) | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | 661 | 18.8M | 66.6M | by Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 3,921,901 · prior 12 2,137,031(+84%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 7,184,563 · prior 12 4,671,633(+54%)
Wells named Waddell TR A
Blackbeard Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Crane County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Southland Royalty Co.-MidlandJan 1993 → Feb 1996
- 2Meridian Oil Inc.-MidlandMar 1996 → Jul 1996
- 3Burlington Res O & G Co-MidlandAug 1996 → Mar 2020
- 4Blackbeard Operating, LLCApr 2020 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 724313-99 | Recompletion | Burlington Res O & G Co-Midland | Sep 15, 2011 | Sep 19, 2011 | Dec 14, 2012 | 3,505 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2012 | Waddell TR A O-10-5263 | Sand Hills (McKnight) | Blackbeard Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,651 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 712 | 12.25 | 450 S |
| 5.5 | 3,496 | 7.875 | 1,474 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 14, 2015 | Jan 18, 2013 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-103-01722 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-103-01722 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its search.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 0
- bbl, all reported
- —
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000120566 | UIC Permit | Plugged Sep 23, 2014 | 500 | 1,500 | 3,340–3,480 |
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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