WELL · 42-253-33674 · DISTRICT 7
Thorn-Willingham Gunsight Unit #1
Jones County · Jones County Regular field · Vertical
Thorn-Willingham Gunsight Unit #1 (API 42-253-33674) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged February 11, 2000, last operated by Smith Pipe Of Abilene.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 9, 1987, permitted to 2,500 ft.
It was permitted by Cottonwood Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Smith Pipe Of Abilene on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Coal Bed, Upper Hope Lime.
Its lease has reported 16.2K barrels of oil and 34 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in April 2000. The lease carries 11 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cottonwood Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 29, 2014
- Phone
- (325) 692-3903
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Smith Pipe of Abilene |
| Production reports | Romac Oil Company, Inc.through Feb 1999 |
| Latest permit | Cottonwood Petroleum Co.Dec 9, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 9, 1987
- last permit issued
- Jan 30, 1988
- completed
- 16.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 34
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2000
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 30, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 11, 2000
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 11 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thorn-Willingham Gunsight Unit O-8-24802 | Jones County Regular | Smith Pipe of Abilene | 11 | 16.2K | 34 | Jan 1993 – Apr 2000 |
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.
- 1Cottonwood Petroleum Co.Jan 1993 → Apr 1994
- 2Romac Oil Company, Inc.May 1994 → Feb 1999
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339950-99 | Drill | Cottonwood Petroleum Co. | Dec 9, 1987 | Dec 9, 1987 | — | 2,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-24802 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,723 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Coal Bed | 1,970 | -247 |
| Upper Hope Lime | 2,132 | -409 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,334 | 2,342 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 110 | 12.25 | 70 S |
| 4.5 | 2,363 | 6.75 | 265 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 | Apr 7, 1988 | Feb 4, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 5, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 3, 1988 | Feb 4, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 23, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-253-33674 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-253-33674 → 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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