TEXAS · WELLS · ECTOR COUNTY · NORTH PENWELL UNIT LEASE · API 42-135-40761 · DISTRICT 7B
North Penwell Unit #261
Ector County · Penwell field · Shut In · Vertical
North Penwell Unit #261 (API 42-135-40761) is a well in Ector County operated by Ring Energy Inc., completed September 22, 2011 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2016.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 25, 2011, permitted to 4,950 ft.
It was permitted by Conocophillips Company and has since transferred to Ring Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 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 Conocophillips 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
- 997
- 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 | Conocophillips CompanyJan 25, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,950
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 25, 2011
- last permit issued
- Sep 22, 2011
- 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
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 22, 2011
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 2016
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708882-99 | Drill | Conocophillips Company | Jan 20, 2011 | Jan 25, 2011 | Apr 12, 2011 | 5,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2011 | North Penwell Unit O-10-21556 | Penwell | Ring Energy Inc. | Shut In · shut in Jan 1, 2016 | 4,950 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,909 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rustler | 963 | 1,946 |
| Yates | 2,190 | 719 |
| San Andres | 3,491 | -582 |
| Glorieta | 4,457 | -1,548 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,604 | 3,790 | Perforated |
| 3,788 | 4,163 | Perforated |
| 3,877 | 4,163 | Perforated |
| 4,468 | 4,658 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,005 | 12.25 | 600 S |
| 5.5 | 4,935 | 7.875 | 750 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 | Nov 26, 2012 | Oct 13, 2011 | — |
| 00 | Oct 24, 2012 | Oct 12, 2011 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Nov 13, 2012. Density, Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Yates, San Andres, Glorieta | TIFF | 3,000 to 4,950 | Nov 13, 2012run Apr 17, 2011 | 5.31 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-135-40761 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-135-40761 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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