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WELL · 42-135-02440 · DISTRICT 8

Alma #7

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Ector County  · Vertical

Alma #7 (API 42-135-02440) is a permitted well in Ector County filed by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1995 and 2009, permitted to 9,877 ft.

Completion filings report 15 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Grayburg, San Andres.

Its 4 leases have reported 442K barrels of oil and 1.08M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 21 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Chesapeake Operating, Inc.

Oklahoma City, OK · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 13,061 permits on file · (405) 935-7500

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsHighmark Energy Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitChesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 2, 2009
9,877
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Mar 2, 2009
last permit issued
—
completed
442K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.08M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 21 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Alma O-10-6960TXL (Ellenburger)Highmark Energy Operating, LLC5210K614KJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Alma O-10-7001TXL (Silurian)Highmark Energy Operating, LLC552.1K132KJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Alma O-10-16869TXL, North (Waddell)Highmark Energy Operating, LLC527.9K30.1KJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Alma O-10-18022TXL (Tubb)Highmark Energy Operating, LLC6151K303KJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 6,674 · prior 12 9,191(-27%)

05001K1.5K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 15,919 · prior 12 19,459(-18%)

02K4K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Sep 1995
  2. 2Merit Energy CompanyOct 1995 → Apr 2000
  3. 3Permian Resources, Inc.May 2000 → Apr 2004
  4. 4Chesapeake Operating, Inc.May 2004 → Mar 2010
  5. 5Three Rivers Operating Co LLCApr 2010 → Jul 2012
  6. 6COG Operating LLCAug 2012 → Dec 2012
  7. 7Legacy Reserves Operating LPJan 2013 → Feb 2023
  8. 8Highmark Energy Operating, LLCMar 2023 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
678910-99RecompletionChesapeake Operating, Inc.Feb 25, 2009Mar 2, 2009—9,877
452352-99RecompletionMerit Energy CompanySep 6, 1996Sep 12, 1996Aug 30, 19969,877
433397-99RecompletionPhillips Petroleum CompanyMar 1, 1995Mar 3, 1995Mar 23, 19959,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-6960————
—— O-10-7001————
—— O-10-16869————
—— O-10-18022————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,321 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rustler1,4901,831
Yates2,770551
Grayburg3,770-449
San Andres4,180-859
Glorieta5,218-1,897
GlorietaGLORIETTA5,218-1,897
Tubb6,090-2,769
Tubbs6,090-2,769
Devonian7,813-4,492
Silurian (undifferentiated)SILURIAN7,898-4,577
Fusselman8,260-4,939
Montoya8,350-5,029
Simpson8,600-5,279
McKee8,922-5,601
Waddell9,230-5,909
Ellenburger9,460-6,139

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,6026,684Perforated
6,7026,785Perforated
6,8056,827Perforated
9,2389,269Perforated
9,2819,288Perforated
9,4609,510Perforated
9,7209,730Perforated
—8,465Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37525517.25250 S
8.6253,822112,800 S
8.6253,82311700 S
5.59,877—1,360 S
5.59,8777.8751,735 S
5.59,8787.8751,735 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
00Feb 26, 1997Sep 30, 1996Yes
00Feb 18, 1997Aug 3, 1995—
00Oct 30, 1995Aug 3, 1995—
00Aug 22, 1995——
00Jun 26, 1995Feb 24, 1995—
00Jul 30, 1991Apr 26, 1991—
00Mar 8, 1991Jan 17, 1991—
00Jan 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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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