WELL · 42-317-31498 · DISTRICT 8

McHargue #1

WaterPlugged

Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Mchargue #1 (API 42-317-31498) is a plugged well in Martin County, plugged July 18, 1988, last operated by Penford Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 29, 2009, permitted to 7,800 ft.

It was permitted by Clear Water Inc. and has since transferred to Penford Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Red Beds, San Andres, Surface Sands.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 15.8K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through January 2026.

Operator of record

Penford Inc.

Permitted by Clear Water Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 15, 1991 · 22 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePenford Inc.
Production reportsnone
Latest permitClear Water Inc.Dec 29, 2009

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,800
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Dec 29, 2009
last permit issued
Mar 19, 1976
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
0
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2011 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 19, 1976
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jul 18, 1988

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
3033 SWD O-10-40825Spraberry (Trend Area)Clear Water Inc.100Jun 2011 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
688909-98ReenterClear Water Inc.Jun 23, 2011Dec 29, 2009Apr 6, 20117,800
688909-99ReenterClear Water Inc.Dec 21, 2009Dec 29, 2009—7,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-40825————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,567 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Red Beds1202,447
San Andres3,170-603
Surface Sands——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
—8,226Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
12.7532017.5360 S
8.6253,39611300 S
5.53,7707.875540 S
5.58,3607.875900 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
00Dec 12, 2011——
00Oct 6, 2011Aug 15, 2011—
00Jan 12, 1984Nov 18, 1976—

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) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

15.8K
bbl, last 12 reported months
11.7M
bbl, all reported
Jan 2026
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000102543W-14 DisposalActive7,0001,6803,396–3,900

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 15,767 · prior 12 22,987(-31%)

010K20K30K20252026

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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