TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · EAST VEALMOOR UNIT LEASE · API 42-227-36000 · DISTRICT 7B
East Vealmoor Unit #73
Howard County · Vealmoor East field · Vertical
East Vealmoor Unit #73 (API 42-227-36000) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged April 16, 2025, last operated by Surge Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 30, 2006, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Apache Corporation and has since transferred to Surge Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Rustler, Tansill, Yates, Queen.
Its lease has reported 3.7M barrels of oil and 10.7M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in March 2026. The lease carries 91 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Apache Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 14, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,234
- Phone
- (832) 333-2300
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Surge Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Surge Operating, LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationMay 30, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 30, 2006
- last permit issued
- Jul 27, 2006
- completed
- 3.7M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 10.7M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 27, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 16, 2025
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 91 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Vealmoor Unit O-10-24991 | Vealmoor, East | Surge Operating, LLC | 91 | 3.7M | 10.7M | Jan 1993 – Mar 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 2,718 · prior 12 4,810(-43%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,632 · prior 12 895(+306%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 2000
- 2Exxon Mobil CorporationApr 2000 → Oct 2004
- 3Apache CorporationNov 2004 → Jul 2021
- 4Surge Operating, LLCAug 2021 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 619989-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | May 25, 2006 | May 30, 2006 | Jun 27, 2006 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2006 | East Vealmoor Unit O-10-24991 | Vealmoor East | Surge Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,453 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,336 | 7,350 | Perforated |
| 7,353 | 7,358 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,748 | 11 | 950 S |
| 5.5 | 7,530 | 7.875 | 1,725 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 | Apr 23, 2007 | Aug 14, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 17, 2007 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jul 23, 2009. Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTIVITYSpans San Andres | TIFF | 6,000 to 7,529 | Jul 23, 2009run Jul 10, 2006 | 1.46 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-227-36000 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-36000 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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