WELL · 42-173-31818 · DISTRICT 8

Powell 32A #5

Powell 32a #5 (API 42-173-31818) is a permitted well in Glasscock County filed by Sabre Operating, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1985 and 2017, permitted to 10,600 ft.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp.

Its lease has reported 33.6K barrels of oil and 873K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2022. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Sabre Operating, Inc.

Wichita Falls, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 46 permits on file · (940) 704-0154

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Sabre Operating, Inc.through Oct 2018
Latest permit	Sabre Operating, Inc.Mar 10, 2017

10,600: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Mar 10, 2017: last permit issued
—: completed
33.6K: cumulative oil, bbl
873K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Powell "32A" O-10-28653	Powell (Penn)	Sabre Operating, Inc.	2	33.6K	873K	Jan 1993 – Mar 2022

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.

1Draco Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 2011
2Sabre Operating, Inc.May 2011 → Oct 2018

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
823366-99	Recompletion	Sabre Operating, Inc.	Feb 16, 2017	Mar 10, 2017	—	10,350
268915-99	Drill	Hendon Exploration, Inc.	Mar 1, 1985	Mar 11, 1985	—	10,600

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-28653	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,645 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Clear Fork	4,935	-2,290
SpraberrySPRAYBERRY	6,495	-3,850
Dean	7,795	-5,150
Wolfcamp	8,030	-5,385
Strawn	9,985	-7,340

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,998	10,136	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	327	17.5	350 S
9.625	4,500	12.25	700 S
5.5	10,347	8.75	900 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	Jul 17, 1985	Jun 18, 1985	—
00	Jul 6, 1985	—	—

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 42-173-31818 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-173-31818 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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