WELL · 42-293-31223 · DISTRICT 5

White #8

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Limestone County  · Vertical

White #8 (API 42-293-31223) is a permitted well in Limestone County filed by SM Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended once) between 1997 and 2014, permitted to 8,350 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, Pettit.

Operator of record

SM Energy Company

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 2,485 permits on file · (432) 563-8316

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsHilltex Operating Company, LLCthrough Mar 2026
Latest permitSM Energy CompanyJul 21, 2014
8,350
total depth, ft
4
permits on file
Jul 21, 2014
last permit issued
—
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2.24M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1997 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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
White G-5-275390Box Church (Pettit)Hilltex Operating Company, LLC10292KJul 2014 – Jul 2026
White G-5-166096Box Church (Travis Peak)SM Energy Company101.95MNov 1997 – Apr 2015

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 527 · prior 12 668(-21%)

050100150202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.Nov 1997 → Jun 2010
  2. 2SM Energy CompanyJul 2010 → Jun 2015
  3. 3Aethon Energy Operating LLCJul 2015 → Jan 2018
  4. 4Downs Operating Company, LLCFeb 2018 → May 2020
  5. 5Zenith Oil & Gas, LLCJun 2020 → Feb 2023
  6. 6Beehive Operating, LLCMar 2023 → Sep 2025
  7. 7Hilltex Operating Company, LLCDec 2025 → Mar 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
784964-99RecompletionSM Energy CompanyApr 17, 2014Jul 21, 2014Mar 27, 20148,350
781905-99RecompletionSM Energy CompanyMar 11, 2014Mar 28, 2014—8,350
467190-98DrillSt. Mary Land & Exploration Co.Apr 8, 2009Sep 5, 1997Sep 13, 19978,350
467190-99DrillSt. Mary Land & Exploration Co.Sep 5, 1997Sep 5, 1997Sep 13, 19978,350

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-5-166096————
—— G-5-275390————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 375 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Austin ChalkBASE AUSTIN CHALK3,310-2,935
Massive Anhydrite (marker)BASE MASSIVE ANHYDRITE5,976-5,601
Rodessa6,054-5,679
Pettit6,546-6,171
Travis Peak6,721-6,346
Cotton Valley8,602-8,227

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,5466,688Perforated
6,8766,904Perforated
7,0447,128Perforated
7,7347,786Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,53512.25465 S
5.58,3418.75785 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 12, 2015Aug 22, 2014—
00Mar 19, 2008Dec 12, 2007—
00Jan 16, 2008Oct 11, 2007—
00Sep 18, 2007Aug 20, 2007—
00Feb 6, 1998Dec 1, 1997Yes
00Jan 29, 1998——

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.

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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