TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · GUARDIAN UNIT 12-22 LEASE · API 42-227-37196 · DISTRICT 7B
Guardian Unit 12-22 #1
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Big Spring (Fusselman) · Big Spring (Mississippian) · Big Spring (Strawn) · Spraberry (Trend Area)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Guardian Unit 12-22 #1 (API 42-227-37196) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged May 12, 2023, last operated by Surge Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 4, 2012, permitted to 10,000 ft.
It was permitted by Apache Corporation and has since transferred to Surge Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp.
Its lease has reported 1.44M barrels of oil and 3.16M mcf of gas since March 2013, last reporting volume in March 2026. The lease carries 8 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 CorporationOct 4, 2012 |
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
- 2
- permits on file
- Oct 4, 2012
- last permit issued
- Jan 25, 2022
- completed
- 1.44M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.16M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · MAR 2013 THROUGH MAR 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 25, 2022
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 12, 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 8 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guardian Unit 12-22 O-10-44981 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Surge Operating, LLC | 8 | 1.44M | 3.16M | Mar 2013 – Mar 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 132,581 · prior 12 271,463(-51%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 751,661 · prior 12 1,113,247(-32%)
Wells named Guardian Unit 12-22
Surge Operating LLC'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.
- 1Apache CorporationMar 2013 → Jul 2021
- 2Surge Operating, LLCAug 2021 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 748886-98 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Oct 4, 2012 | Oct 4, 2012 | Dec 18, 2012 | 10,000 |
| 748886-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Sep 26, 2012 | Oct 4, 2012 | Dec 18, 2012 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2022 | Guardian Unit 12-22 O-10-44981 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Surge Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,593 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,278 | 9,460 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 411 | 17.5 | 411 S |
| 8.625 | 4,085 | 11 | 1,500 S |
| 5.5 | 9,510 | — | 330 S |
| 5.5 | 9,510 | 7.875 | 530 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 | Mar 8, 2023 | Feb 22, 2023 | — |
| 00 | Aug 22, 2014 | Mar 27, 2014 | Yes |
Well logs
2 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jan 26, 2016. Density, Neutron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMBINATION: RESISTIVITY/NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 200 to 9,512 | Jan 26, 2016run Dec 28, 2012 | 8.05 |
| RESISTIVITYSpans Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp | 2 TIFF | 4,087 to 9,512 | Jan 26, 2016run Dec 28, 2012 | 6.53 + 5.68 |
"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 42-227-37196 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-37196 → 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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