WELL · 42-295-31865 · DISTRICT 10
Simpaine #5
Lipscomb County · Cotton (Morrow Upper) field · Vertical
Simpaine #5 (API 42-295-31865) is a well in Lipscomb County operated by Maxus Exploration Company, completed March 27, 1990.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1989 and 1994, permitted to 8,950 ft.
Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Cottage Grove, Tankawa, Tonkawa, Cleveland.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 3, 1995 · 203 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Maxus Exploration Company |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Oct 2015 |
| Latest permit | Maxus Exploration CompanyMar 29, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,950
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Mar 29, 1994
- last permit issued
- Mar 27, 1990
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 119K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 27, 1990
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simpaine G-14-148751 | Lipscomb (Cleveland) | Presidio Petroleum LLC | 1 | 0 | 119K | Feb 1994 – Jul 2026 |
| Simpaine G-14-134394 | Cotton (Morrow Upper) | Maxus Exploration Company | 1 | 0 | 753 | Jan 1993 – Feb 1994 |
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.
- 1Arco Oil & Gas Co.Jan 1993 → Mar 1993
- 2Maxus Exploration CompanyMar 1994 → Jan 1995
- 3Midgard Energy CompanyFeb 1995 → Sep 1997
- 4Crescendo Resources, L.P.Oct 1997 → Mar 2000
- 5Apache CorporationApr 2000 → Oct 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 422396-99 | Recompletion | Maxus Exploration Company | Mar 25, 1994 | Mar 29, 1994 | Dec 11, 1993 | 8,900 |
| 365088-99 | Drill | Arco Oil & Gas Co. | Oct 12, 1989 | Nov 16, 1989 | — | 8,950 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-14-134394 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-14-148751 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,766 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,412 | 7,432 | Perforated |
| 8,756 | 8,776 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,218 | 12.25 | 1,500 S |
| 5.5 | 8,900 | 7.875 | 750 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 | Apr 18, 1994 | Mar 23, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 13, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 19, 1990 | Apr 30, 1990 | Yes |
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 42-295-31865 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-295-31865 → 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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