WELL · 42-285-31592 · DISTRICT 2

Smolik, Albert #3

Lavaca County · Horizontal · Sidetrack

Smolik, Albert #3 (API 42-285-31592) is a permitted horizontal well in Lavaca County filed by Whiting Petroleum Corporation; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 2003, permitted to 16,700 ft.

Operator of record

Whiting Petroleum Corporation

Denver, CO · P-5 Y, filed Sep 5, 2003 · 97 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Foundation Energy Management LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Whiting Petroleum CorporationApr 23, 2003

16,700: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Apr 23, 2003: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
2.94M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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
Smolik, Albert G-2-96320	Word, N. (Edwards)	Foundation Energy Management LLC	1	0	2.94M	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 12,727 · prior 12 12,546(+1%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1EP Operating Limited PartnershipJan 1993 → Feb 1995
2Enserch Exploration, IncMar 1995 → Feb 1998
3Eex CorporationApr 1998 → Nov 1999
4Canyon Oil & Gas Exploration LLCDec 1999 → Jul 2001
5Whiting Petroleum CorporationAug 2001 → Nov 2003
6Whiting Oil and Gas CorporationDec 2003 → Dec 2015
7Foundation Energy Management LLCJan 2016 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
531056-99	Recompletion · sidetrack	Whiting Petroleum Corporation	Apr 23, 2003	Apr 23, 2003	—	16,700
125233-99	Drill	Enserch Exploration, Inc	Jul 15, 1981	Jul 15, 1981	—	14,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-2-96320	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
13,304	13,510	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	4,339	—	1,700 S
2.875	13,223	—	—
5.5	14,123	—	1,130 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	Nov 18, 1981	—

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 42-285-31592 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-285-31592 → 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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