TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · O'BRIEN 5 LEASE · API 42-227-36455 · DISTRICT 7B
O Brien 5 #1
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Hill Ranch (Miss) · Petty 48 (Upper Strawn) · Spraberry (Trend Area)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
O Brien 5 #1 (API 42-227-36455) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged April 14, 2023, last operated by SM Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 11, 2010, permitted to 10,900 ft.
It was permitted by Crownquest Operating, LLC and has since transferred to SM Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Strawn, Mississippian.
Its lease has reported 77.5K barrels of oil and 350K mcf of gas since December 2010, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Crownquest Operating, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,485
- Phone
- (303) 861-8140
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | SM Energy Company |
| Production reports | SM Energy Companythrough Jul 2019 |
| Latest permit | Crownquest Operating, LLCAug 11, 2010 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 11, 2010
- last permit issued
- Jul 15, 2019
- completed
- 77.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 350K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · DEC 2010 THROUGH JUL 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 15, 2019
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 14, 2023
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 APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Brien 5 O-10-41151 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | 2 | 77.5K | 350K | Dec 2010 – Jul 2019 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named O Brien 5
SM Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Howard 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.
- 1Crownquest Operating, LLCDec 2010 → Jun 2017
- 2SM Energy CompanyJul 2017 → Apr 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 700164-99 | Drill | Crownquest Operating, LLC | Aug 3, 2010 | Aug 11, 2010 | Sep 29, 2010 | 10,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2019 | O Brien 5 O-10-41151 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,557 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Spraberry | 7,564 | -5,007 |
| Strawn | 9,535 | -6,978 |
| Mississippian | 9,758 | -7,201 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,564 | 10,057 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 290 | 17.5 | 350 S |
| 8.625 | 4,148 | 11 | 1,000 S |
| 5.5 | 10,230 | 7.875 | 1,700 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 6, 2023 | Mar 21, 2023 | — |
| 00 | Feb 6, 2012 | Jun 7, 2011 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Oct 14, 2013. Neutron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON POROSITYSpans Spraberry, Strawn, Mississippian | TIFF | 4,100 to 10,080 | Oct 14, 2013run Oct 21, 2010 | 5.35 |
"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 42-227-36455 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-36455 → 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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