TEXAS · WELLS · ECTOR COUNTY · NORTH PENWELL UNIT LEASE · API 42-135-07234 · DISTRICT 7B
North Penwell Unit #178
Ector County · Penwell field · Vertical
North Penwell Unit #178 (API 42-135-07234) is a plugged well in Ector County, plugged April 29, 2014, last operated by Ring Energy Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 10, 1982, permitted to 4,800 ft.
It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Ring Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, San Andres, Glorieta.
Its lease has reported 7.31M barrels of oil and 4.24M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 282 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 9, 2026
- Permits on file
- 998
- Phone
- (432) 682-7464
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ring Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | Ring Energy, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanyJun 10, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 10, 1982
- last permit issued
- May 11, 1995
- completed
- 7.31M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 4.24M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 11, 1995
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 29, 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.
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 282 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Penwell Unit O-10-21556 | Penwell | Ring Energy, Inc. | 282 | 7.31M | 4.24M | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 15,022 · prior 12 28,936(-48%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 21,112 · prior 12 14,505(+46%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Feb 2019
- 3Founders Oil & Gas Operating,llcMar 2019 → Jul 2023
- 4Ring Energy, Inc.Aug 2023 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163254-99 | Recompletion | Phillips Petroleum Company | Jun 10, 1982 | Jun 10, 1982 | — | 4,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 1995 | North Penwell Unit O-10-21556 | Penwell | Ring Energy Inc. | Plugged | — |
| — | Millard -A- O-10-4866 | Penwell (Ellenburger) | Phillips Petroleum Company | Plugged | — |
| — | Millard -A- O-10-4866 | Penwell (Ellenburger) | Phillips Petroleum Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,922 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rustler | 925 | 1,997 |
| Yates | 2,124 | 798 |
| San Andres | 3,513 | -591 |
| Glorieta | 4,370 | -1,448 |
| Wolfcamp | 6,808 | -3,886 |
| Ellenburger | 8,915 | -5,993 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,721 | 3,846 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 3,051 | 11 | 1,750 S |
| 5.5 | 8,949 | 7.875 | 1,225 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 | Oct 17, 1995 | May 17, 1995 | — |
| 00 | Jun 16, 1987 | May 22, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 2, 1982 | — |
| 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 42-135-07234 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-07234 → 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000019325 | H-1 Injection | Plugged May 21, 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
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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