WELL · 42-279-30287 · DISTRICT 8

McFarland W. H. #1

Plugged

Lamb County · Illusion Lake (San Andres) field · Vertical

Mcfarland W. H. #1 (API 42-279-30287) is a plugged well in Lamb County, plugged May 29, 1991, last operated by Sonship Oil Properties.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 21, 1986, permitted to 4,500 ft.

It was permitted by Gulf Coast Explorations, Inc. and has since transferred to Sonship Oil Properties on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Tansill, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen.

Operator of record

Sonship Oil Properties

Permitted by Gulf Coast Explorations, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Lubbock, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 3, 1992 · 3 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Sonship Oil Properties
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Gulf Coast Explorations, Inc.Jan 21, 1986

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

4,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jan 21, 1986: last permit issued
May 8, 1986: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 8, 1986
Shut in: —
Plugged: May 29, 1991

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
— O-11-66050	—	—	0	0	0	—

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
295889-99	Drill	Gulf Coast Explorations, Inc.	Jan 21, 1986	Jan 21, 1986	Mar 4, 1986	4,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-11-66050	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,540 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Tansill	1,994	1,546
Yates	2,055	1,485
Seven Rivers	2,164	1,376
Queen	2,696	844
Greyburg	2,970	570
San Andres	3,152	388

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,096	4,104	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	343	12.25	225 S
4.5	4,149	7.875	900 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Oct 15, 1987	Apr 23, 1987	—
Oct 6, 1987	—	—
Apr 20, 1987	Jun 12, 1986	Yes
Apr 17, 1987	—	—

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 42-279-30287 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-279-30287 → 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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