TEXAS · WELLS · LAVACA COUNTY · SPARKS OIL UNIT LEASE · API 42-285-30717 · DISTRICT 02
Sparks Oil Unit #1
Lavaca County · Jansky (Wilcox 8350) field · Vertical
Sparks Oil Unit #1 (API 42-285-30717) is a plugged well in Lavaca County, plugged September 8, 2011, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 27, 1979, permitted to 9,218 ft.
It was permitted by Howell Drilling, Inc. and has since transferred to Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Howell Drilling, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Spring, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 8, 2026
- Permits on file
- 15,633
- Phone
- (972) 444-4001
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Howell Drilling, Inc.Jul 27, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,218
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 27, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jul 19, 1979
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH —
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 19, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 8, 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparks Oil Unit O-2-5768 | Jansky (Wilcox 8350) | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53818-99 | Recompletion | Howell Drilling, Inc. | Jul 27, 1979 | Jul 27, 1979 | — | 9,218 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1979 | Sparks Oil Unit O-2-5768 | Jansky (Wilcox 8350) | Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. | Plugged | — |
| — | Sparks Gas Unit No. 1 G-2-72082 | Jansky (Wilcox) | Howell Drilling Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,596 | 8,600 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,170 | 14.75 | 685 S |
| 10.75 | 1,186 | — | — |
| 2.375 | 8,541 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 9,190 | — | 950 S |
| 10.75 | 11,701 | 4.75 | 535 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 | Sep 18, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 19, 1977 | — |
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 42-285-30717 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-285-30717 → 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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