WELL · 42-289-31041 · DISTRICT 5
Sam Knight Unit A #4
Leon County · Alabama Ferry (Glenrose D West) field · Vertical
Sam Knight Unit A #4 (API 42-289-31041) is a plugged well in Leon County, plugged January 21, 2016, last operated by Prime Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 26, 1989, permitted to 9,125 ft.
It was permitted by Global Natural Resources Corp. and has since transferred to Prime Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Edwards, Paluxy, Glen Rose.
Its 2 leases have reported 22.7K barrels of oil and 119K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in November 2016. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Global Natural Resources Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 29, 2026
- Permits on file
- 595
- Phone
- (432) 682-5600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prime Operating Company |
| Production reports | Prime Operating Companythrough Feb 2016 |
| Latest permit | Global Natural Resources Corp.Oct 26, 1989 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,125
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 26, 1989
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 22.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 119K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2016
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 21, 2016
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Knight Unit A O-5-3478 | Alabama Ferry (Glenrose D, West) | Prime Operating Company | 1 | 22.7K | 117K | May 1994 – Nov 2016 |
| Knight, Sam Unit A G-5-133306 | Alabama Ferry (Glenrose D, West) | Prime Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 2.01K | Jan 1993 – Jun 1995 |
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.
- 1Prime Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Jun 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 365669-99 | Drill | Global Natural Resources Corp. | Oct 26, 1989 | Oct 26, 1989 | Nov 5, 1989 | 9,125 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-5-133306 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-5-3478 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 244 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,946 | 8,957 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 40 | 16 | 605 S |
| 8.625 | 3,341 | 11 | 845 S |
| 5.5 | 9,099 | 5.5 | 330 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 | Oct 24, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Feb 15, 1990 | Dec 29, 1989 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 9, 1990 | — | — |
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 42-289-31041 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-289-31041 → 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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