WELL · 42-253-31230 · DISTRICT 7

Shanks Josie #1

Plugged

Jones County · Jones County Regular field · Vertical

Shanks Josie #1 (API 42-253-31230) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged December 26, 1996, last operated by Quail Well Service Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 24, 1979, permitted to 2,400 ft.

It was permitted by Texas Hydrocarbons, Inc. and has since transferred to Quail Well Service Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 2.62K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in April 1999.

Operator of record

Quail Well Service Inc.

Permitted by Texas Hydrocarbons, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 92 permits on file · (325) 201-7560

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Quail Well Service Inc.
Production reports	Quail Well Service, Inc.through Aug 1996
Latest permit	Texas Hydrocarbons, Inc.Jul 24, 1979

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

2,400: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jul 24, 1979: last permit issued
Oct 7, 1979: completed
2.62K: cumulative oil, bbl
21: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 7, 1979
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 26, 1996

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
Shanks, Josie O-8-15489	Jones County Regular	Quail Well Service, Inc.	1	2.62K	21	Jan 1993 – Apr 1999

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.

1Stearns Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 1993
2Quail Well Service, Inc.Nov 1993 → Aug 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
53631-99	Drill	Texas Hydrocarbons, Inc.	Jul 24, 1979	Jul 24, 1979	Aug 6, 1979	2,400

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-8-15489	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,018	2,023	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	107	11	220 S
2	2,088	—	—
4.5	2,419	7.875	100 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	Jan 12, 1984	Oct 18, 1979	—

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 42-253-31230 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-253-31230 → 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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