TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · RITA 42 LEASE · API 42-227-38450 · DISTRICT 7B
Rita 42 #1
Howard County · Garden City S. (Wolfcamp) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 4
- Frysak Farms (Devonian) · Garden City, S. (Wolfcamp) · Jailhouse (Fusselman) · Roble Grande (Strawn\woodford)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Rita 42 #1 (API 42-227-38450) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged June 4, 2024, last operated by SM Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 9, 2015, permitted to 12,000 ft.
It was permitted by Laredo Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to SM Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 12 formation tops, including Yates, Seven Rivers, Glorieta, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 20.6K barrels of oil and 45.5K mcf of gas since April 2015, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Laredo Petroleum, Inc.; 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 Mar 2021 |
| Latest permit | Laredo Petroleum, Inc.Jan 9, 2015 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 9, 2015
- last permit issued
- Mar 11, 2021
- completed
- 20.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 45.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2015 THROUGH Mar 2021
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 11, 2021
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 4, 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rita 42 O-10-46384 | Garden City, S. (Wolfcamp) | SM Energy Company | 1 | 20.6K | 45.5K | Apr 2015 – Mar 2021 |
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.
- 1Laredo Petroleum, Inc.Apr 2015 → Jan 2017
- 2SM Energy CompanyFeb 2017 → Feb 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 802591-99 | Drill | Laredo Petroleum, Inc. | Jan 9, 2015 | Jan 9, 2015 | Mar 15, 2015 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2021 | Rita 42 O-10-46384 | Garden City S. (Wolfcamp) | SM Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,532 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1,916 | 616 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,102 | 430 |
| Glorieta | 2,400 | 132 |
| San Andres | 2,828 | -296 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - HIGH FLOWS, H2S, CO | 2,838 | -306 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 3,868 | -1,336 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK - SEVERE WATER FLOWS | 3,868 | -1,336 |
| Spraberry | 5,589 | -3,057 |
| Dean | 7,047 | -4,515 |
| Wolfcamp | 7,164 | -4,632 |
| Strawn | 9,425 | -6,893 |
| MississippianMISSISSIPPIAN-FUSSELMAN | 9,837 | -7,305 |
| Coleman Junction | — | — |
| Leonard | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,902 | 9,936 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 316 | 17.5 | 400 S |
| 8.625 | 5,665 | 11 | 980 S |
| 5.5 | 10,089 | 7.875 | 685 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 19, 2021 | Apr 8, 2021 | — |
| 00 | Jul 7, 2015 | Jun 16, 2015 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, 1 of it with a digital LAS file, the latest received Mar 28, 2018. 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 San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Dean, Wolfcamp, Strawn, Mississippian | LAS + TIFF | 3,000 to 9,970 | Mar 28, 2018 | 2.11 + 14.1 |
"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 42-227-38450 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-38450 → 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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