TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · WATERS, F. M. LEASE · API 42-165-31818 · DISTRICT 7B
Waters F. M. #1
Gaines County · Monarch (San Andres) field · Producing · Vertical
Waters F. M. #1 (API 42-165-31818) is a well in Gaines County operated by Mcclure Oil Company Inc., completed February 13, 1981 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 23, 1980, permitted to 12,474 ft.
It was permitted by Houston Oil & Minerals Corp. and has since transferred to Mcclure Oil Company Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 66.2K barrels of oil and 515 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 4, 2025
- Permits on file
- 343
- Phone
- (432) 683-2787
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | McClure Oil Company Inc. |
| Production reports | McClure Oil Company, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp.Jun 23, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,474
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 23, 1980
- last permit issued
- Feb 13, 1981
- completed
- 66.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 515
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 13, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Delinquent (D)
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waters, F. M. O-11-66250 | Monarch (San Andres) | McClure Oil Company, Inc. | 1 | 66.2K | 515 | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,355 · prior 12 1,430(-5%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1BC Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1998
- 2Taurus Exploration U.S.A., Inc.Mar 1998 → Nov 1998
- 3Energen Resources CorporationDec 1998 → Oct 2000
- 4Scythian, Ltd.Nov 2000 → Apr 2006
- 5Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.May 2006 → Aug 2023
- 6McClure Oil Company, Inc.Sep 2023 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84691-99 | Drill | Houston Oil & Minerals Corp. | Jun 23, 1980 | Jun 23, 1980 | Jul 20, 1980 | 14,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 1981 | Waters F. M. O-11-66250 | Monarch (San Andres) | McClure Oil Company Inc. | Producing | 12,474 |
| Feb 13, 1981 | Waters F. M. O-11-63223 | Monarch (San Andres) | Grace Petroleum Operating LLC | Not on Schedule | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,409 | 5,465 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 400 | 17.5 | 400 S |
| 9.625 | 4,855 | 12.25 | 1,450 S |
| 2.375 | 5,508 | — | — |
| 7 | 12,474 | 8.75 | 1,000 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 | Sep 26, 1988 | Mar 13, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Sep 20, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 13, 1981 | — |
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 42-165-31818 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-31818 → 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.
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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