WELL · 42-303-30516 · DISTRICT 8
Baldridge A #1
Lubbock County · Lee Harrison field · Vertical
Baldridge A #1 (API 42-303-30516) is a plugged well in Lubbock County, plugged January 24, 2006, last operated by Merit Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 8, 1979, permitted to 4,900 ft.
It was permitted by Kenworthy Operating CO. and has since transferred to Merit Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 14.7K barrels of oil and 134 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2009.
Operator of record
Permitted by Kenworthy Operating Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 1,049 permits on file · (972) 628-1559
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Merit Energy Company |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Oct 2004 |
| Latest permit | Kenworthy Operating Co.Nov 8, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 8, 1979
- last permit issued
- Nov 30, 1979
- completed
- 14.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 134
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2009
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 30, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 24, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldridge "A" O-11-62684 | Lee Harrison | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 14.7K | 134 | Jan 1993 – Dec 2009 |
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.
- 1Kenworthy Operating CompanyJan 1993 → May 2004
- 2Merit Energy CompanyJun 2004 → Oct 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63202-99 | Drill | Kenworthy Operating Co. | Nov 8, 1979 | Nov 8, 1979 | Nov 7, 1979 | 4,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-62684 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,700 | 4,736 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 310 | 12.25 | 200 S |
| 2.375 | 4,677 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 4,817 | 7.875 | 200 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 19, 1979 | — |
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 42-303-30516 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-303-30516 → 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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