WELL · 42-165-31515 · DISTRICT 8
Riley T. S. Estate A #6
Gaines County · G-M-K South (San Andres) field · Vertical
Riley T. S. Estate A #6 (API 42-165-31515) is a well in Gaines County operated by Knox Industries Inc., completed February 12, 1979.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 19, 1978, permitted to 5,600 ft.
It was permitted by G-M-K Oil CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Knox Industries Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Yates, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 282K barrels of oil and 33.2K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 10 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 74.8K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through October 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by G-M-K Oil Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Mineral Wells, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 72 permits on file · (817) 312-3922
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Knox Industries Inc. |
| Production reports | Knox Industries, Inc.through Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | G-M-K Oil Co., Inc.Dec 19, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 19, 1978
- last permit issued
- Feb 12, 1979
- completed
- 282K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 33.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 12, 1979
- 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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 10 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riley, T. S. Estate "A" O-11-61909 | G-M-K, South (San Andres) | Knox Industries, Inc. | 10 | 282K | 33.2K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,803 · prior 12 1,398(+29%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Kerr-McGee CorporationJan 1993 → Nov 1993
- 2Knox Industries, Inc.Dec 1993 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39144-99 | Drill | G-M-K Oil Co., Inc. | Dec 19, 1978 | Dec 19, 1978 | Jan 12, 1979 | 5,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-61909 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-11-61909 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,210 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 3,350 | -140 |
| San Andres | 5,400 | -2,190 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,442 | 5,498 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,244 | 12.25 | 1,000 S |
| 2.375 | 5,400 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 5,502 | 7.875 | 1,850 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Mar 15, 1996 | Sep 29, 1995 | — |
| 00 | Feb 15, 1996 | Mar 12, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 12, 1979 | — |
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 42-165-31515 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-31515 → scanned completion filings
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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 74.8K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 1.93M
- bbl, all reported
- Oct 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000083519 | H-1 Injection | Active | 600 | 2,500 | 5,442–5,498 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 74,803 · prior 12 64,460(+16%)
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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