WELL · 42-285-32994 · DISTRICT 2

Smothers #1

Plugged

Lavaca County · Speaks SW. (10 000) field · Vertical

Smothers #1 (API 42-285-32994) is a plugged well in Lavaca County, plugged July 3, 2021, last operated by El Paso Production Oil & Gas CO..

The RRC has issued 5 drilling permits (amended once) between 2002 and 2005, permitted to 14,000 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Wilcox.

Operator of record

EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 616 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.
Production reports	Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.through Nov 2004
Latest permit	EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Sep 7, 2005

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

14,000: total depth, ft
6: permits on file
Sep 7, 2005: last permit issued
Nov 9, 2004: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
97.9K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2003 THROUGH Jul 2021

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 9, 2004
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jul 3, 2021

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 5 leases this well is completed on; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Gas, mcf	Reported
Smothers G-2-213290	Renger (Wilcox 7900)	Merit Energy Company	1	0	Nov 2005 – Jul 2021
Smothers G-2-208158	Speaks, SW. (10,000)	EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.	1	1.37K	Oct 2004 – Oct 2005
Smothers G-2-200623	Speaks, SW (Middle Wilcox-Cons.)	Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.	1	68.8K	Mar 2004 – Aug 2005
Smothers G-2-205463	Speaks, SW. (Wilcox 11,200)	Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.	1	0	Aug 2004 – Oct 2004
Smothers G-2-194165	Speaks (12700 Wilcox)	Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.	1	27.8K	Feb 2003 – Jun 2004

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.

1Gcea, LLCMar 2003 → Oct 2003
2Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.Dec 2003 → Nov 2004

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
605957-99	Recompletion	EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.	Sep 7, 2005	Sep 7, 2005	Sep 5, 2005	12,842
551288-99	Recompletion	Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.	Sep 21, 2004	Sep 21, 2004	—	11,200
548743-99	Recompletion	Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.	Jul 26, 2004	Jul 26, 2004	—	11,400
542610-99	Recompletion	Peoples Energy Prod.-TX, L.P.	Feb 27, 2004	Feb 27, 2004	Feb 25, 2004	12,100
525672-98	Drill	Gcea, LLC	Apr 1, 2003	Nov 19, 2002	—	14,000
525672-99	Drill	Gcea, LLC	Nov 19, 2002	Nov 19, 2002	Nov 25, 2002	14,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-2-194165	—	—	—	—
—	— G-2-200623	—	—	—	—
—	— G-2-205463	—	—	—	—
—	— G-2-208158	—	—	—	—
—	— G-2-213290	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 172 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Wilcox	12,100	-11,928

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
7,928	7,968	Perforated
8,030	8,110	Perforated
8,200	8,255	Perforated
10,539	10,552	Perforated
10,620	10,659	Perforated
11,239	11,266	Perforated
11,504	11,513	Perforated
11,532	11,541	Perforated
11,546	11,560	Perforated
12,167	12,176	Perforated
12,176	12,182	Perforated
12,186	12,190	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	2,300	17.5	1,600 S
9.625	10,850	12.25	1,165 S
9.625	10,860	12.25	1,165 S
4.5	12,480	8.5	760 S
4.5	12,840	8.5	760 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
May 1, 2006	Nov 2, 2005	Yes
Jan 18, 2006	—	—
Jul 21, 2005	Feb 14, 2005	—
Jul 18, 2005	Dec 2, 2004	Yes
May 11, 2005	—	—
Apr 11, 2005	Aug 30, 2004	Yes
Jan 24, 2005	—	—
May 24, 2004	Mar 29, 2004	Yes
Apr 29, 2004	—	—
Jul 25, 2003	Apr 1, 2003	Yes
May 7, 2003	—	—

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 42-285-32994 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-285-32994 → 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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

219: bbl, last 12 reported months
1.02M: bbl, all reported
Nov 2021: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000095449	H-1 Injection	Plugged Jul 28, 2021	3,000	3,943	7,886–8,260

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 219 · prior 12 6,122(-96%)

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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