WELL · 42-291-01789 · DISTRICT 3
Smith Wm. Fee #7
Liberty County · Merchant (EY-3 Reservoir) field · Vertical
Smith WM. Fee #7 (API 42-291-01789) is a permitted well in Liberty County filed by Arco Oil & Gas CO.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 13, 1985, permitted to 10,100 ft.
It was permitted by Arco Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Arco Oil & Gas CO.-Silsbee on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 691K barrels of oil and 832K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 11 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Arco Oil & Gas Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Lafayette, LA · P-5 Y, filed Oct 8, 1993 · 62 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Arco Oil & Gas Co.-Silsbee |
| Production reports | Quail Creek Oil Corporationthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Arco Oil & Gas Co.Mar 13, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 13, 1985
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 691K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 832K
- 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 11 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Wm. Fee O-3-24874 | Merchant (Consolidated) | Quail Creek Oil Corporation | 7 | 442K | 607K | Aug 2006 – Jul 2026 |
| Smith, Wm., Fee O-3-9206 | Hull (Cook Mountain) | Quail Creek Oil Corporation | 4 | 250K | 225K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2008 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 15,110 · prior 12 14,613(+3%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 23,860 · prior 12 34,889(-32%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Quail Creek Oil CorporationJan 1993 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269506-99 | Recompletion | Arco Oil & Gas Co. | Jun 28, 1985 | Mar 13, 1985 | — | 10,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-9206 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-24874 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,858 | 8,868 | Perforated |
| 9,114 | 9,122 | Perforated |
| 9,125 | 9,134 | Perforated |
| 9,137 | 9,142 | Perforated |
| 9,230 | 9,260 | Perforated |
| 9,274 | 9,307 | Perforated |
| 9,312 | 9,318 | Perforated |
| 9,320 | 9,326 | Perforated |
| 9,320 | 9,396 | Perforated |
| 9,338 | 9,342 | Perforated |
| — | 8,670 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,497 | 12.5 | 900 S |
| 7 | 8,764 | 9.875 | 500 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 | Sep 7, 2006 | Oct 15, 1996 | — |
| 00 | Nov 5, 1996 | Oct 15, 1996 | — |
| 00 | Sep 30, 1985 | Aug 16, 1985 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 26, 1985 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-291-01789 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-01789 → 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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