WELL · 42-317-33066 · DISTRICT 8

Rufus #1

Plugged

Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Rufus #1 (API 42-317-33066) is a plugged well in Martin County, plugged March 26, 1997, last operated by Parker & Parsley Development L.P.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 19, 1984, permitted to 8,900 ft.

It was permitted by Hcw Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Parker & Parsley Development L.P on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Queen, Grayburg.

Its lease has reported 9.11K barrels of oil and 55 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 1997.

Operator of record

Parker & Parsley Development L.P

Permitted by HCW Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 20, 2003 · 1,422 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleParker & Parsley Development L.P
Production reportsParker & Parsley Development L.Pthrough Jul 1997
Latest permitHCW Exploration, Inc.Nov 19, 1984

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

8,900
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Nov 19, 1984
last permit issued
Feb 27, 1985
completed
9.11K
cumulative oil, bbl
55
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 27, 1985
Shut in
—
Plugged
Mar 26, 1997

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
Rufus O-10-29648Spraberry (Trend Area)Parker & Parsley Development L.P19.11K55Jan 1993 – Jul 1997

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.

  1. 1Parker & Parsley Development Co.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
  2. 2Parker & Parsley Development L.PMar 1995 → Mar 1997

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
258208-99DrillHCW Exploration, Inc.Nov 19, 1984Nov 19, 1984—8,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-29648————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,710 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rustler6052,105
Yates1,4041,306
Queen2,118592
Grayburg2,600110
San Andres3,002-292
GlorietaGLORIETTA4,010-1,300
SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY7,182-4,472
SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY7,709-4,999
Jo Mill8,140-5,430
Dean8,554-5,844

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,1917,462Perforated
7,6538,178Perforated
8,3508,774Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37535117.5350 S
8.6253,80011400 S
4.58,8507.8751,050 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
00Mar 26, 1985Mar 12, 1985—
00Mar 21, 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.

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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