TEXAS · WELLS · JONES COUNTY · SMITH, ALETHA LEASE · API 42-253-08842 · DISTRICT 6E
Smith Aletha #2
Jones County · Jones County Regular field · Vertical
Smith Aletha #2 (API 42-253-08842) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged May 14, 1998, last operated by Sojourner Drilling Corporation.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 1982, permitted to 2,900 ft.
It was permitted by Mecca Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Sojourner Drilling Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Coleman Junction, Base Dothan, Saddle Creek, Base Breckenridge.
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.Jul 23, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,900
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 23, 1982
- last permit issued
- Jun 14, 1982
- 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
- Jun 14, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166967-99 | Other | Mecca Energy, Inc. | Jul 23, 1982 | Jul 23, 1982 | — | 2,900 |
| 95964-99 | Other | Mecca Energy, Inc. | Oct 17, 1980 | Oct 17, 1980 | — | 2,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 1982 | Smith Aletha O-8-16693 | Jones County Regular | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,621 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Coleman JunctionBASE COLEMAN JUNCTION | 2,004 | -383 |
| Base Dothan | 2,076 | -455 |
| Saddle CreekBASE SADDLE CREEK | 2,419 | -798 |
| Base Breckenridge | 2,766 | -1,145 |
| GunsightTOP GUNSIGHT LIME | 2,822 | -1,201 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,824 | 2,830 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 99 | 12.75 | 75 S |
| 10.75 | 99 | — | 75 S |
| 2.375 | 2,816 | — | — |
| 7 | 2,872 | 7.875 | 225 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 | Jun 14, 1985 | May 14, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 7, 1982 | — |
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 42-253-08842 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-253-08842 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 4.35K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 195K
- bbl, all reported
- Oct 1998
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000055750 | H-1 Injection | Plugged May 28, 1998 | 0 | 0 | 2,824–0 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 4,350 · prior 12 21,000(-79%)
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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