TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · TAYLOR "A" LEASE · API 42-165-33143 · DISTRICT 7B
Taylor A #5A
Gaines County · Carter-New Mexico (San Andres) field · Vertical
Taylor A #5A (API 42-165-33143) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged December 19, 2003, last operated by Smith Pipe Of Abilene.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 1, 1985, permitted to 5,300 ft.
It was permitted by Wheeler, W. Ridley, Est. and has since transferred to Smith Pipe Of Abilene on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including San Andres.
Its lease has reported 10 barrels of oil since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Wheeler, W. Ridley, Est.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 29, 2014
- Phone
- (325) 692-3903
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Smith Pipe of Abilene |
| Production reports | Smith Pipe of Abilenethrough Jul 1998 |
| Latest permit | Wheeler, W. Ridley, Est.Feb 1, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 1, 1985
- last permit issued
- Jan 11, 1986
- completed
- 10
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1998 THROUGH Jul 1998
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 11, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 19, 2003
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor "A" O-11-65187 | Carter-New Mexico (San Andres) | Smith Pipe of Abilene | 4 | 10 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jul 1998 |
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.
- 1Smith Pipe of AbileneJul 1998 → Jul 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265797-99 | Drill | Wheeler, W. Ridley, Est. | Jan 31, 1985 | Feb 1, 1985 | Dec 11, 1985 | 5,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1986 | Taylor A O-11-65187 | Carter-New Mexico (San Andres) | Smith Pipe of Abilene | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,622 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 4,813 | -1,191 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,860 | 4,870 | Perforated |
| 4,950 | 5,162 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 330 | 12.25 | 250 S |
| 5.5 | 4,950 | 7.875 | 1,200 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 | Feb 8, 1990 | Jan 19, 1990 | — |
| 00 | Feb 26, 1986 | Feb 3, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 20, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-165-33143 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-33143 → 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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