WELL · 42-165-37211 · DISTRICT 8

Bale #1

Gaines County · Bale (San Andres 5500) field · Producing · Vertical

Bale #1 (API 42-165-37211) is a well in Gaines County operated by Clark John M. Inc., completed November 4, 2010 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 7, 2010, permitted to 6,000 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Grayburg, San Andres.

Its lease has reported 43.1K barrels of oil and 5.62K mcf of gas since November 2010, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Clark John M. Inc.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 51 permits on file · (432) 222-9586

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Clark John M. Inc.
Production reports	Clark, John M., Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permit	Clark, John M., Inc.Jul 7, 2010

6,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jul 7, 2010: last permit issued
Nov 4, 2010: completed
43.1K: cumulative oil, bbl
5.62K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2010 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 4, 2010
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active

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
Bale O-11-69631	Bale (San Andres 5500)	Clark, John M., Inc.	1	43.1K	5.62K	Nov 2010 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 2,394 · prior 12 2,717(-12%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 193 · prior 12 307(-37%)

Chain of custody

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

1Clark, John M., Inc.Nov 2010 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
698612-99	Drill	Clark, John M., Inc.	Jul 6, 2010	Jul 7, 2010	Jul 24, 2010	6,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-11-69631	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,496 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Rustler	2,212	1,284
Yates	3,222	274
Grayburg	4,588	-1,092
San Andres	4,908	-1,412

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,611	5,578	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	2,275	12.25	1,090 S
5.5	5,800	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. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Apr 8, 2011	Nov 22, 2010	Yes
00	Mar 3, 2011	—	—

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 42-165-37211 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-165-37211 → 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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