WELL · 42-165-30099 · DISTRICT 8

Jones Estate #4

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Gaines County · Bale (Wolfcamp) field  · Vertical

Jones Estate #4 (API 42-165-30099) is a well in Gaines County operated by Champlin Exploration Inc., completed September 3, 1971.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 18, 1996, permitted to 8,700 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yates, San Andres, Wolfcamp.

Its 2 leases have reported 175K barrels of oil and 56.1K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Champlin Exploration Inc.

Enid, OK · P-5 Y, filed Nov 2, 2018 · 196 permits on file · (580) 541-1754

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleChamplin Exploration Inc.
Production reportsLibertad Operating LLCthrough Mar 2026
Latest permitChamplin Exploration, Inc.Mar 18, 1996

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

8,700
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Mar 18, 1996
last permit issued
Sep 3, 1971
completed
175K
cumulative oil, bbl
56.1K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 3, 1971
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Jones Estate O-11-67574Bale (Clearfork)Libertad Operating LLC1172K56KApr 1996 – Jul 2026
Jones Estate O-11-60756Bale (Wolfcamp)Champlin Exploration, Inc.13.19K126Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 1,249 · prior 12 2,015(-38%)

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Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Champlin Exploration, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2015
  2. 2Cholla Petroleum, Inc.Jan 2016 → Dec 2021
  3. 3Libertad Operating LLCJan 2022 → Mar 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
445953-99RecompletionChamplin Exploration, Inc.Mar 15, 1996Mar 18, 1996Apr 10, 19968,700

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-11-60756————
—— O-11-67574————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,502 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Yates3,274228
San Andres4,962-1,460
Wolfcamp9,280-5,778

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,4516,458Perforated
—9,598Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
11.752,296151,050 S
8.6255,15611200 S
5.59,9007.875—
59,9007.875200 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
00Jul 16, 1996May 13, 1996Yes
00Jun 12, 1996——
00Jan 12, 1984Sep 15, 1971—

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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