TEXAS · WELLS · HANSFORD COUNTY · ARCHER -B- LEASE · API 42-195-30963 · DISTRICT 08
Archer -B- #1
Hansford County · Shapley (Morrow) field · Vertical
Archer -B- #1 (API 42-195-30963) is a plugged well in Hansford County, plugged December 28, 2021, last operated by Bracken Operating L.L.C..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 13, 1985, permitted to 7,650 ft.
It was permitted by Strat Land Exploration Company and has since transferred to Bracken Operating L.L.C. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Brown Dolomite, Douglas, Marmaton, Morrow.
Its lease has reported 93 barrels of oil and 173K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Strat Land Exploration Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Perryton, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 18, 2026
- Permits on file
- 140
- Phone
- (806) 435-2787
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bracken Operating L.L.C. |
| Production reports | Bracken Operating, L.L.C.through Feb 2021 |
| Latest permit | Strat Land Exploration CompanyMay 13, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,650
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 13, 1985
- last permit issued
- Jul 1, 1985
- completed
- 93
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 173K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH FEB 2021
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 1, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 28, 2021
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer -B- G-14-117652 | Shapley (Morrow) | Bracken Operating, L.L.C. | 1 | 93 | 173K | by Jan 1993 – Feb 2021 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Archer -B-
Bracken Operating L.L.C.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Hansford 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.
- 1Strat Land Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 2015
- 2JCB II Enterprises, LLCMay 2015 → Feb 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 274771-99 | Drill | Strat Land Exploration Company | May 9, 1985 | May 13, 1985 | May 15, 1985 | 7,650 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1985 | Archer -B- G-14-117652 | Shapley (Morrow) | Bracken Operating L.L.C. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Brown Dolomite | 2,897 | -2,894 |
| Douglas | 4,724 | -4,721 |
| Marmaton | 5,866 | -5,863 |
| MorrowMORROW SHALE | 6,681 | -6,678 |
| MorrowMORROW SAND | 6,838 | -6,835 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,838 | 6,849 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,614 | 12.25 | 900 S |
| 4.5 | 6,995 | 8.75 | 300 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 | Sep 4, 1985 | Jul 22, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Aug 31, 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 42-195-30963 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-195-30963 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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