TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · ELAM, WB LEASE · API 42-165-36607 · DISTRICT 7B
Elam WB #7
Gaines County · Harris (San Andres) field · Producing · Vertical
Elam WB #7 (API 42-165-36607) is a well in Gaines County operated by Parallel Petroleum LLC, completed October 22, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 4, 2006, permitted to 4,995 ft.
It was permitted by Parallel Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Parallel Petroleum LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yates, Queen, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 807K barrels of oil and 92.1K mcf of gas since June 2002, last reporting volume in August 2026. The lease carries 13 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Parallel Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 14, 2026
- Permits on file
- 254
- Phone
- (432) 684-3727
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Parallel Petroleum LLC |
| Production reports | Parallel Petroleum LLCthrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Parallel Petroleum CorporationAug 4, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,995
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 4, 2006
- last permit issued
- Oct 22, 2006
- completed
- 807K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 92.1K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · DEC 2002 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 22, 2006
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 13 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elam, WB O-11-68515 | Harris (San Andres) | Parallel Petroleum LLC | 13 | 807K | 92.1K | Jun 2002 – Aug 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 27,904 · prior 12 28,198(-1%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Wells named Elam WB
Parallel Petroleum LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Gaines County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Lynx Operating Co., Inc.Dec 2002 → Oct 2005
- 2Parallel Petroleum CorporationNov 2005 → Jan 2010
- 3Parallel Petroleum LLCFeb 2010 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 621922-99 | Drill | Parallel Petroleum Corporation | Jun 30, 2006 | Aug 4, 2006 | Sep 20, 2006 | 5,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2006 | Elam WB O-11-68515 | Harris (San Andres) | Parallel Petroleum LLC | Producing | 4,995 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,261 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,864 | 397 |
| Queen | 3,389 | -128 |
| San Andres | 4,500 | -1,239 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,717 | 4,935 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,800 | 12.25 | 770 S |
| 5.5 | 4,995 | 7.875 | 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 | Apr 10, 2007 | Dec 14, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 21, 2006 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received May 4, 2007. Cased hole, Gamma ray, Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neutron PorosityCOMPENSATED NEUTRON GAMMA RAY CCL LOGSpans Yates, Queen, San Andres | TIFF | 0 to 4,948 | May 4, 2007run Sep 28, 2006 | — |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-165-36607 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-36607 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its search.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 0
- bbl, all reported
- Oct 2014
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000103049 | H-1 Injection | Not activated | 500 | 2,000 | 4,450–4,935 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
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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