TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · API 42-165-34586 · DISTRICT 7B
Sparks T E #5
Gaines County · Jenkins North (Queen) field · Producing · Vertical
Sparks T E #5 (API 42-165-34586) is a well in Gaines County operated by White Rock Oil & Gas LLC, completed June 4, 1993 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 13, 1993, permitted to 4,342 ft.
It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to White Rock Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Queen, Grayburg.
Its 2 leases have reported 340K barrels of oil and 206K mcf of gas since June 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Plano, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 18, 2025
- Permits on file
- 31
- Phone
- (214) 981-1400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Exxon Corp. |
| Production reports | White Rock Oil & Gas, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.May 13, 1993 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,342
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 13, 1993
- last permit issued
- Jun 4, 1993
- completed
- 340K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 206K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 4, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparks, T E O-11-67359 | Jenkins, North (Queen) | White Rock Oil & Gas, LLC | 6 | 293K | 168K | Feb 1995 – Jul 2026 |
| Sparks, T.E. B O-11-67105 | Jenkins, North (Queen) | Exxon Corp. | 1 | 46.6K | 37.6K | Jun 1993 – May 1996 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 47,300 · prior 12 61,974(-24%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jun 1993 → Oct 1996
- 2O'Sullivan Oil & Gas Co., Inc.Nov 1996 → Jul 1997
- 3Arco PermianAug 1997 → Dec 2001
- 4BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Jun 2003
- 5OXY USA WTP LPJul 2003 → Dec 2020
- 6White Rock Oil & Gas, LLCJan 2021 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411601-99 | Drill | Exxon Corp. | May 10, 1993 | May 13, 1993 | May 19, 1993 | 4,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1993 | Sparks T E O-11-67359 | Jenkins North (Queen) | White Rock Oil & Gas LLC | Producing | 4,342 |
| Jun 4, 1993 | Sparks T.E. B O-11-67105 | Jenkins North (Queen) | Exxon Corp. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,420 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,176 | 4,185 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,750 | 12.25 | 900 S |
| 4.5 | 4,335 | 7.875 | 970 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 5, 1996 | Jun 17, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 21, 1993 | Jun 17, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 8, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-165-34586 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-34586 → 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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