WELL · 42-227-37784 · DISTRICT 8
Buchanan 10 #5
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Buchanan 10 #5 (API 42-227-37784) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged March 26, 2024, last operated by SM Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 30, 2013, permitted to 7,850 ft.
It was permitted by Apache Corporation and has since transferred to SM Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Yates, Seven Rivers, San Andres, Glorieta.
Its lease has reported 54.3K barrels of oil and 141K mcf of gas since April 2013, last reporting in July 2024. The lease carries 5 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
- 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 Jun 2020 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationDec 30, 2013 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,850
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 30, 2013
- last permit issued
- Jun 3, 2020
- completed
- 54.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 141K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2013 THROUGH Jul 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 3, 2020
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 26, 2024
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan 10 O-10-44481 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | 5 | 54.3K | 141K | Apr 2013 – Jul 2024 |
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.
- 1Apache CorporationJun 2013 → Jan 2019
- 2SM Energy CompanyFeb 2019 → May 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 775561-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Dec 12, 2013 | Dec 30, 2013 | Jun 21, 2014 | 7,850 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2020 | Buchanan 10 O-10-44481 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,617 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1,813 | 804 |
| Seven Rivers | 1,977 | 640 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - HIGH FLOWS, H2S, CO | 2,958 | -341 |
| Glorieta | 3,332 | -715 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK - SEVERE WATER FLOWS | 3,788 | -1,171 |
| Spraberry | 5,428 | -2,811 |
| Leonard | 6,165 | -3,548 |
| Dean | 6,630 | -4,013 |
| Wolfcamp | 6,796 | -4,179 |
| Coleman Junction | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,794 | 7,274 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 415 | 17.5 | 416 S |
| 8.625 | 3,228 | 11 | 850 S |
| 5.5 | 7,780 | 7.875 | 875 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Mar 11, 2022 | Feb 22, 2022 | — |
| 00 | May 6, 2016 | Feb 9, 2016 | Yes |
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 42-227-37784 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-37784 → 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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