TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · SHORTES LEASE · API 42-165-36818 · DISTRICT 7B
Shortes #2
Gaines County · Harris (San Andres) field · Producing · Vertical
Shortes #2 (API 42-165-36818) is a well in Gaines County operated by Parallel Petroleum LLC, completed December 18, 2007 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 17, 2007, permitted to 5,025 ft.
It was permitted by Parallel Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Parallel Petroleum LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Yates, Queen, Grayburg, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 292K barrels of oil and 84.6K mcf of gas since June 2002, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 15 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 Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Parallel Petroleum CorporationSep 17, 2007 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,025
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 17, 2007
- last permit issued
- Dec 18, 2007
- completed
- 292K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 84.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2003 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 18, 2007
- 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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 15 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortes O-11-68623 | Harris (San Andres) | Parallel Petroleum LLC | 15 | 292K | 84.6K | Jun 2002 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 6,313 · prior 12 7,023(-10%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Lynx Operating Co., Inc.Aug 2003 → Oct 2005
- 2Parallel Petroleum CorporationNov 2005 → Jan 2010
- 3Parallel Petroleum LLCFeb 2010 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 646002-99 | Drill | Parallel Petroleum Corporation | Sep 12, 2007 | Sep 17, 2007 | Oct 28, 2007 | 5,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2007 | Shortes O-11-68623 | Harris (San Andres) | Parallel Petroleum LLC | Producing | 5,025 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,258 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,900 | 358 |
| Queen | 3,428 | -170 |
| Grayburg | 4,176 | -918 |
| San Andres | 4,328 | -1,070 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,541 | 4,919 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,849 | 12.25 | 770 S |
| 5.5 | 5,025 | 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 | Feb 14, 2008 | Jan 24, 2008 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 8, 2008 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jul 25, 2008. 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 POROSITYSpans Yates, Queen, Grayburg, San Andres | TIFF | 10 to 4,963 | Jul 25, 2008run Nov 8, 2007 | 5.40 |
"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 42-165-36818 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-36818 → 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.
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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