WELL · 42-311-00274 · DISTRICT 1
Smith Horace #5
McMullen County · Jacob field · Vertical
Smith Horace #5 (API 42-311-00274) is a plugged well in Mcmullen County, plugged April 4, 2012, last operated by Petro-Guard Production L.L.C..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 28, 1985, permitted to 1,000 ft.
It was permitted by Laborde Production CO. and has since transferred to Petro-Guard Production L.L.C. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Pettis.
Its lease has reported 5.08K barrels of oil and 81 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2015. The lease carries 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Laborde Production Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 37 permits on file · (713) 974-5550
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Petro-Guard Production L.L.C. |
| Production reports | Petro-Guard Production,l.l.c.through Mar 2012 |
| Latest permit | Laborde Production Co.Jan 28, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 28, 1985
- last permit issued
- Jun 1, 1985
- completed
- 5.08K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 81
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 1, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 4, 2012
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; they carry 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Horace O-1-10106 | Jacob | Petro-Guard Production,l.l.c. | 6 | 5.08K | 81 | Jan 1993 – Dec 2015 |
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.
- 1Laborde Production Co.Jan 1993 → Mar 1996
- 2Thomas Exploration & Devel., IncApr 1996 → Aug 1998
- 3Amason and Knight OperatingSep 1998 → Feb 1999
- 4Sedco Resources IncJan 2000 → Feb 2002
- 5J.W. Oil CompanyMar 2002 → Nov 2011
- 6Petro-Guard Production,l.l.c.Mar 2012 → Mar 2012
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265108-98 | Reenter | Laborde Production Co. | Jul 2, 1987 | Jan 28, 1985 | — | 918 |
| 265108-99 | Other | Laborde Production Co. | Dec 27, 1984 | Jan 28, 1985 | — | 1,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-10106 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 909 | 913 | Perforated |
| 913 | 914 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 918 | — | — |
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 | Jul 23, 1987 | Jul 17, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Jul 31, 1985 | Jul 2, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jul 12, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-311-00274 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-311-00274 → 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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