TEXAS · WELLS · JONES COUNTY · SMITH, ALETHA LEASE · API 42-253-03002 · DISTRICT 6E
Smith Aletha #1
Jones County · Jones County Regular field · Vertical
Smith Aletha #1 (API 42-253-03002) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged May 13, 1998, last operated by Sojourner Drilling Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 26, 1980, permitted to 2,859 ft.
It was permitted by Mecca Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Sojourner Drilling Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.13K barrels of oil and 30 mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Sojourner Drilling Corporation
Permitted by Mecca Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 872
- Phone
- (325) 672-2832
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sojourner Drilling Corporation |
| Production reports | Sojourner Drilling Corporationthrough Oct 1997 |
| Latest permit | Mecca Energy, Inc.Sep 26, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,859
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 26, 1980
- last permit issued
- Dec 3, 1980
- completed
- 1.13K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 30
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH OCT 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 3, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 13, 1998
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Aletha O-8-16693 | Jones County Regular | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 2 | 1.13K | 30 | by Jan 1993 – Oct 1997 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Smith Aletha
Sojourner Drilling Corporation's other wells filed under this lease name in Jones County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Hart, Sam G.Jan 1993 → Jun 1995
- 2Sojourner Drilling CorporationJul 1995 → Oct 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94421-99 | Other | Mecca Energy, Inc. | Sep 26, 1980 | Sep 26, 1980 | — | 2,859 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 1980 | Smith Aletha O-8-16693 | Jones County Regular | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Plugged | — |
| — | Smith Aletha O-8-8295 | Jones County Regular | C & H Service & Supply Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,810 | 2,816 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 108 | — | — |
| 2.375 | 2,794 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,860 | 7.875 | 285 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 12, 1984 | Jan 8, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-253-03002 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-253-03002 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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