TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · NICHOLS '23' LEASE · API 42-227-37329 · DISTRICT 7B
Nichols 23 #1
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Shut In · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- J. L. M. (Mississippian) · Mon Bak (Strawn) · Spraberry (Trend Area)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Nichols 23 #1 (API 42-227-37329) is a well in Howard County operated by New Height Energy LLC, completed March 22, 2013 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2018.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 9, 2013, permitted to 10,449 ft.
It was permitted by Endeavor Energy Resources L.P. and has since transferred to New Height Energy LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Strawn, Mississippian.
Its lease has reported 16.3K barrels of oil and 74.6K mcf of gas since March 2013, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 4, 2026
- Phone
- (432) 269-1562
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | New Height Energy LLC |
| Production reports | New Height Energy, LLCthrough Dec 2017 |
| Latest permit | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Jan 9, 2013 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,449
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 9, 2013
- last permit issued
- Mar 22, 2013
- completed
- 16.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 74.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2013 THROUGH Dec 2017
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 22, 2013
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2018
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols '23' O-10-43706 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | New Height Energy, LLC | 1 | 16.3K | 74.6K | Mar 2013 – Dec 2017 |
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.
- 1Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Mar 2013 → Apr 2016
- 2Qstar Operating LLCMay 2016 → Dec 2016
- 3SM Energy CompanyJan 2017 → Dec 2017
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 754115-99 | Drill | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P. | Jan 4, 2013 | Jan 9, 2013 | Jan 13, 2013 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2013 | Nichols 23 O-10-43706 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | New Height Energy LLC | Shut In · shut in Feb 1, 2018 | 10,449 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,490 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| SpraberrySPRABERRY (TREND AREA) | 6,550 | -4,060 |
| Strawn | 9,700 | -7,210 |
| Mississippian | 9,850 | -7,360 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,380 | 10,333 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 328 | 17.5 | 315 S |
| 8.625 | 4,506 | 11 | 600 S |
| 5.5 | 10,449 | 7.875 | 1,385 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 | Jan 13, 2014 | Apr 16, 2013 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jan 9, 2019. Gamma ray. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma RaySpans Spraberry, Strawn, Mississippian | TIFF | 5,000 to 10,349 | Jan 9, 2019 | 13.0 |
"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 42-227-37329 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-37329 → 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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