WELL · 42-227-32351 · DISTRICT 8
Reef -A- #5
Howard County · Oceanic (Pennsylvanian) field · Vertical
Reef -A- #5 (API 42-227-32351) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged April 29, 2021, last operated by Laredo Petroleum Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 30, 1981, permitted to 8,200 ft.
It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Laredo Petroleum Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 220K barrels of oil and 230K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in October 2022. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Tulsa, OK
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 29, 2022
- Permits on file
- 1,795
- Phone
- (918) 513-4570
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Laredo Petroleum Inc. |
| Production reports | Sabalo Operating, LLCthrough Dec 2018 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 30, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 30, 1981
- last permit issued
- May 14, 1981
- completed
- 220K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 230K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 14, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 29, 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.
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reef -A- O-10-4552 | Oceanic (Pennsylvanian) | Laredo Petroleum, Inc. | 4 | 220K | 230K | Jan 1993 – Oct 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.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 1994
- 2Coastal Management CorporationNov 1994 → Jul 2001
- 3Cambrian Management LtdAug 2001 → Oct 2004
- 4Finley Resources, Inc.Nov 2004 → May 2016
- 5Sabalo Operating, LLCJun 2016 → Dec 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 106953-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Jan 30, 1981 | Jan 30, 1981 | Apr 20, 1981 | 8,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-4552 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,180 | 8,184 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 459 | 17.5 | 475 S |
| 8.625 | 4,462 | 11 | 800 S |
| 2.375 | 8,104 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,304 | — | — |
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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 4, 1981 | — |
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 42-227-32351 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-32351 → 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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