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Frances Gunn A #7

Plugged

Howard County · Vealmoor East (Wolfcamp) field  · Vertical

Frances Gunn A #7 (API 42-227-03400) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged October 10, 2014, last operated by Apache Corporation.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 26, 2009, permitted to 7,537 ft.

Its 2 leases have reported 3.86M barrels of oil and 10.9M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 95 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Apache Corporation

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 3, 2025
Permits on file
9,756
Phone
(713) 954-5500

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleApache Corporation
Production reportsSurge Operating, LLCthrough Mar 2026
Latest permitApache CorporationOct 26, 2009

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

7,537
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 26, 2009
last permit issued
Nov 4, 2009
completed
3.86M
cumulative oil, bbl
10.9M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Nov 4, 2009
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 10, 2014

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 95 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
East Vealmoor Unit O-10-24991Vealmoor, EastSurge Operating, LLC913.7M10.7MJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Frances Gunn A O-10-39715Vealmoor, East (Wolfcamp)Apache Corporation4156K131KOct 2009 – Jan 2016

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 2,718 · prior 12 4,810(-43%)

05001K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 3,632 · prior 12 895(+306%)

05001K1.5K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 2000
  2. 2Exxon Mobil CorporationApr 2000 → Oct 2004
  3. 3Apache CorporationNov 2004 → Jul 2021
  4. 4Surge Operating, LLCAug 2021 → Mar 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
686518-99RecompletionApache CorporationOct 22, 2009Oct 26, 2009Oct 12, 20097,537

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Nov 4, 2009Frances Gunn A O-10-39715Vealmoor East (Wolfcamp)Apache CorporationPlugged—
Oct 24, 2008East Vealmoor Unit O-10-24991Vealmoor EastSurge Operating LLCPlugged—
—Gunn Frances O-10-7114Vealmoor EastEnergy Transfer CompanyPlugged—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,0117,349Perforated
7,3447,524Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,849111,850 S
5.57,5377.625600 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
00Dec 28, 2010Nov 20, 2009Yes
00Dec 20, 2010——
00Jun 18, 2009Jan 13, 2009—
00Jan 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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
0
bbl, all reported
Jun 1994
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000064135H-1 InjectionPlugged Oct 22, 20143,0002,2007,419–7,431

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0119931994

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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