WELL · 42-237-34159 · DISTRICT 9
Smith, Lester #2DD
Jack County · Vertical
Smith, Lester #2DD (API 42-237-34159) is a plugged well in Jack County, plugged October 27, 1992, last operated by Aruba Petroleum, Ltd..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 1995, permitted to 3,990 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Gunsight.
Its lease has reported 30.1K barrels of oil and 44 mcf of gas since May 1995, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 17 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 5, 1995 · 8 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | W T X Capital Investments, LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Aruba Petroleum, Ltd.Feb 28, 1995 |
- 3,990
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 28, 1995
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 30.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 44
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1995 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 27, 1992
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 17 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Lester O-13-28986 | Jack County Regular | W T X Capital Investments, LLC | 17 | 30.1K | 44 | May 1995 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 588 · prior 12 762(-23%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Aruba Petroleum, Ltd.May 1995 → Sep 1995
- 2Aruba Petroleum, Inc.Oct 1995 → Dec 2002
- 3W T X Capital Investments, LLCJan 2003 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432989-99 | Reenter | Aruba Petroleum, Ltd. | Feb 16, 1995 | Feb 28, 1995 | Jul 11, 1995 | 500 |
| 143403-99 | Drill | First American Oil & Gas Inc. | Nov 30, 1981 | Nov 30, 1981 | — | 3,990 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-13-28986 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 338 | 346 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 371 | — | — |
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 30, 1995 | Jul 24, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 23, 1995 | — | — |
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 42-237-34159 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-237-34159 → 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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