TEXAS · WELLS · LIPSCOMB COUNTY · SMITH, VESTER L. -617- LEASE · API 42-295-31124 · DISTRICT 08
Smith Vester L. -617- #1
Lipscomb County · Lipscomb (Atoka) field · Vertical
Smith Vester L. -617- #1 (API 42-295-31124) is a plugged well in Lipscomb County, plugged July 31, 2007, last operated by BP America Production Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 10, 1981, permitted to 10,450 ft.
It was permitted by Diamond Chemicals Company and has since transferred to BP America Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 603 barrels of oil and 293K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Diamond Chemicals Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Denver, CO
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 26, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,623
- Phone
- (720) 439-5104
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BP America Production Company |
| Production reports | BP America Production Companythrough Oct 2005 |
| Latest permit | Diamond Chemicals CompanyDec 10, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,450
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 10, 1981
- last permit issued
- Apr 15, 1982
- completed
- 603
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 293K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2005
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 15, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 31, 2007
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Vester L. -617- G-14-101074 | Lipscomb (Atoka) | BP America Production Company | 1 | 603 | 293K | Jan 1993 – Oct 2005 |
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.
- 1Maxus Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1995
- 2Midgard Energy CompanyFeb 1995 → Sep 1997
- 3Crescendo Resources, L.P.Oct 1997 → Mar 2000
- 4Amoco Production CompanyApr 2000 → Dec 2001
- 5BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Oct 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143597-99 | Drill | Diamond Chemicals Company | Dec 10, 1981 | Dec 10, 1981 | Dec 23, 1981 | 10,450 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 1982 | Smith Vester L. -617- G-14-101074 | Lipscomb (Atoka) | BP America Production Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,131 | 9,136 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,419 | 12.25 | 1,450 S |
| 2.875 | 8,990 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,435 | 8.75 | 350 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 21, 1982 | — |
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 42-295-31124 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-295-31124 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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