TEXAS · WELLS · MARTIN COUNTY · PAINTER LEASE · API 42-317-32531 · DISTRICT 7B
Painter #1
Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Painter #1 (API 42-317-32531) is a plugged well in Martin County, plugged September 17, 2002, last operated by Discovery Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 13, 1982, permitted to 9,600 ft.
Its lease has reported 14.8K barrels of oil and 30.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 31, 2026
- Permits on file
- 712
- Phone
- (432) 683-5203
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Discovery Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Discovery Operating, Inc.through Mar 2002 |
| Latest permit | Discovery Operating, Inc.Apr 13, 1982 |
- 9,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 13, 1982
- last permit issued
- Jul 15, 1982
- completed
- 14.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 30.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2002
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 15, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 17, 2002
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painter O-10-27623 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Discovery Operating, Inc. | 1 | 14.8K | 30.7K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2002 |
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.
- 1Discovery Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159457-99 | Drill | Discovery Operating, Inc. | Apr 13, 1982 | Apr 13, 1982 | May 28, 1982 | 9,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1982 | Painter O-10-27623 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Discovery Operating Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,765 | 9,225 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 380 | 17.5 | 400 S |
| 8.625 | 4,280 | 11 | 300 S |
| 2.375 | 8,190 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,377 | 7.875 | 600 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 20, 1982 | — |
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 42-317-32531 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-317-32531 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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