WELL · 42-165-32965 · DISTRICT 8

Hale #1

Plugged

Gaines County · Hale (Clearfork) field · Vertical

Hale #1 (API 42-165-32965) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged August 5, 2000, last operated by V-F Petroleum Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 18, 1984, permitted to 12,600 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Seven Rivers, San Andres.

Its lease has reported 29.7K barrels of oil and 36 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2001.

Operator of record

V-F Petroleum Inc.

Based in: Midland, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Nov 12, 2025
Permits on file: 173
Phone: (432) 683-3344

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	V-F Petroleum Inc.
Production reports	V-F Petroleum Inc.through May 2000
Latest permit	V-F Petroleum Inc.Sep 18, 1984

12,600: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Sep 18, 1984: last permit issued
Jan 27, 1985: completed
29.7K: cumulative oil, bbl
36: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2001

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jan 27, 1985
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 5, 2000

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
Hale O-11-65214	Hale (Clearfork)	V-F Petroleum Inc.	1	29.7K	36	Jan 1993 – Feb 2001

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

1V-F Petroleum Inc.Jan 1993 → May 2000

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
251573-99	Drill	V-F Petroleum Inc.	Sep 13, 1984	Sep 18, 1984	Nov 2, 1984	12,600

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-11-65214	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,307 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
RustlerRUSTLER ANHYDRITE	1,940	1,367
Yates	3,020	287
Seven Rivers	3,209	98
San Andres	4,575	-1,268
Glorieta	6,092	-2,785
Clear ForkCLEARFORK	6,165	-2,858

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,470	6,478	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	360	17.5	370 S
8.625	4,560	12.25	2,000 S
5.5	6,700	7.875	550 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 6, 1985	Feb 6, 1985	—
00	Mar 5, 1985	—	—

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 42-165-32965 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-165-32965 → 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.

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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