WELL · 42-317-31995 · DISTRICT 8
Snell #1
Martin County · Ackerly (Dean Sand) field · Vertical
Snell #1 (API 42-317-31995) is a plugged well in Martin County, plugged October 22, 1999, last operated by H & O Operating CO.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 31, 1978, permitted to 8,700 ft.
It was permitted by Rial Oil CO. and has since transferred to H & O Operating CO on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 4.53K barrels of oil and 4.27K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in November 1999.
Operator of record
Permitted by Rial Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Odessa, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 5, 2000 · 4 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | H & O Operating Co |
| Production reports | Magnum Engineering Companythrough Oct 1997 |
| Latest permit | Rial Oil Co.Mar 31, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 31, 1978
- last permit issued
- Jun 13, 1978
- completed
- 4.53K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 4.27K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 1999
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 13, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 22, 1999
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snell O-11-62206 | Ackerly (Dean Sand) | H & O Operating Co | 1 | 4.53K | 4.27K | Jan 1993 – Nov 1999 |
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.
- 1Leigh Operating Co.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
- 2Magnum Engineering CompanyJul 1994 → Oct 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21143-99 | Drill | Rial Oil Co. | Mar 31, 1978 | Mar 31, 1978 | Apr 14, 1978 | 8,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-62206 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| — | 8,536 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.625 | 3,660 | 11 | — |
| 4.5 | 8,700 | 5.5 | — |
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 | Jun 19, 1978 | — |
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 42-317-31995 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-317-31995 → scanned completion filings
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.
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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