WELL · 42-223-30475 · DISTRICT 5

Hopkins Spindletop #1

Plugged

Hopkins County · Santa FE Spindletop (Smackover) field  · Vertical

Hopkins Spindletop #1 (API 42-223-30475) is a plugged well in Hopkins County, plugged March 18, 2022, last operated by Sulphur River Exploration Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued August 27, 2002, permitted to 10,000 ft.

It was permitted by Textron Southwest L.L.C. and has since transferred to Sulphur River Exploration Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk, Goolland & Lime, Travis Peak.

Its lease has reported 724K barrels of oil and 555K mcf of gas since November 2002, last reporting in January 2023.

Operator of record

Sulphur River Exploration Inc.

Permitted by Textron Southwest L.L.C.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 107 permits on file · (800) 734-4872

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSulphur River Exploration Inc.
Production reportsSulphur River Exploration, Inc.through Feb 2022
Latest permitTextron Southwest L.L.C.Aug 27, 2002

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

10,000
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Aug 27, 2002
last permit issued
Nov 1, 2002
completed
724K
cumulative oil, bbl
555K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2002 THROUGH Jan 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 1, 2002
Shut in
—
Plugged
Mar 18, 2022

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hopkins Spindletop O-5-3752Santa FE Spindletop (Smackover)Sulphur River Exploration, Inc.1724K555KNov 2002 – Jan 2023

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.

  1. 1Textron Southwest L.L.C.Nov 2002 → Oct 2004
  2. 2Textron Southwest Inc.Nov 2004 → Aug 2015
  3. 3Safari Production Company, Inc.Apr 2017 → Jul 2017
  4. 4Sulphur River Exploration, Inc.Feb 2018 → Feb 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
523183-97DrillTextron Southwest L.L.C.Feb 11, 2003Aug 27, 2002Sep 9, 200210,000
523183-98DrillTextron Southwest L.L.C.Dec 9, 2002Aug 27, 2002—10,000
523183-99DrillTextron Southwest L.L.C.Aug 27, 2002Aug 27, 2002—10,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-5-3752————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 493 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Pecan Gap1,500-1,007
Austin Chalk3,070-2,577
Goolland & Lime5,080-4,587
Travis Peak7,000-6,507
Buckener Shale8,800-8,307
Smackover9,348-8,855

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,3629,370Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,20011327 S
4.59,5687.875800 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 13, 2003Dec 6, 2002Yes
00Feb 21, 2003——

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.

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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