WELL · 42-179-31676 · DISTRICT 10

McKnight #5

Mcknight #5 (API 42-179-31676) is a permitted well in Gray County filed by Daniels Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1982 and 1984, permitted to 4,000 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Shell, Panhandle Lime, Granite Wash, Frac Gr. Wash.

Its lease has reported 6.18K barrels of oil and 275K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Daniels Energy Company

Pampa, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 5, 1993 · 39 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Daniels Energythrough Mar 2016
Latest permit	Daniels Energy CompanyJul 23, 1984

4,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jul 23, 1984: last permit issued
—: completed
6.18K: cumulative oil, bbl
275K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

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

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
McKnight O-14-5051	Panhandle Gray County Field	Dalf Energy LLC	7	6.18K	275K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.

1Daniels, J.C. EnergyJan 1993 → Apr 2001
2Daniels EnergyMay 2001 → Mar 2016

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
245865-99	Drill	Daniels Energy Company	Jul 20, 1984	Jul 23, 1984	—	4,000
157794-99	Drill	Daniels Energy Company	Apr 22, 1982	Apr 22, 1982	Mar 19, 1984	4,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-14-5051	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,072 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Shell	1,225	1,847
Panhandle Lime	1,780	1,292
Granite Wash	2,790	282
Frac Gr. Wash	3,071	1

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,706	3,526	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	510	12.25	250 sx
5.5	3,650	7.875	300 sx

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	Aug 14, 1984	Jul 12, 1984	—
00	Aug 8, 1984	Jul 12, 1984	—

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 42-179-31676 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-179-31676 → 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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