WELL · 42-227-38819 · DISTRICT 8
Viper 14-09 #1H
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing · Horizontal
Viper 14-09 #1H (API 42-227-38819) is a horizontal well in Howard County operated by SM Energy Company, completed April 15, 2017 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 3, 2016, permitted to 12,500 ft.
It was permitted by Qstar Operating LLC and has since transferred to SM Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 11 formation tops, including Yates, Seven Rivers, San Andres, Glorieta.
Its lease has reported 742K barrels of oil and 1.17M mcf of gas since April 2017, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Qstar Operating LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 2,485 permits on file · (432) 563-8316
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | SM Energy Company |
| Production reports | SM Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Qstar Operating LLCAug 3, 2016 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 3, 2016
- last permit issued
- Apr 15, 2017
- completed
- 742K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.17M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2017 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 15, 2017
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viper 14-09 O-10-48694 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | 1 | 742K | 1.17M | Apr 2017 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 25,267 · prior 12 33,814(-25%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 210,314 · prior 12 169,104(+24%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1SM Energy CompanyApr 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 817375-99 | Drill | Qstar Operating LLC | Jul 28, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 | Sep 28, 2016 | 12,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-48694 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,642 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1,808 | 834 |
| Seven Rivers | 1,976 | 666 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - HIGH FLOWS, H2S, CO | 3,010 | -368 |
| Glorieta | 3,279 | -637 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK - SEVERE WATER FLOWS | 3,514 | -872 |
| Spraberry | 5,644 | -3,002 |
| Leonard | 6,574 | -3,932 |
| Dean | 6,849 | -4,207 |
| Wolfcamp | 7,001 | -4,359 |
| Cisco | — | — |
| Coleman Junction | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,385 | 17,807 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,310 | 17.5 | 1,080 S |
| 9.625 | 6,995 | 12.25 | 2,535 S |
| 5.5 | 17,892 | 8.5 | 2,720 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 | Oct 19, 2020 | Oct 12, 2020 | — |
| 00 | Jun 12, 2019 | Feb 14, 2019 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 14, 2017 | Aug 7, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Jul 20, 2017 | May 11, 2017 | 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 42-227-38819 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-38819 → 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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