WELL · 42-317-33460 · DISTRICT 8

Neste-Strain -18- #1

Plugged

Martin County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Neste-Strain -18- #1 (API 42-317-33460) is a plugged well in Martin County, plugged April 12, 1994, last operated by Prime Operating Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued September 14, 1987, permitted to 11,400 ft.

It was permitted by Brazos Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Prime Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Spraberry, Jo Mill.

Its lease has reported 970 barrels of oil and 561 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 1994.

Operator of record

Prime Operating Company

Permitted by Brazos Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · 595 permits on file · (800) 310-3434

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePrime Operating Company
Production reportsPrime Operating Companythrough Feb 1994
Latest permitBrazos Petroleum Co.Sep 14, 1987

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

11,400
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Sep 14, 1987
last permit issued
Jul 2, 1988
completed
970
cumulative oil, bbl
561
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1994

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 2, 1988
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 12, 1994

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
Neste-Strain -18- O-10-31885Spraberry (Trend Area)Prime Operating Company1970561Jan 1993 – Jun 1994

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. 1Prime Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1994

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
335780-98DrillBrazos Petroleum Co.Apr 27, 1988Sep 14, 1987—11,332
335780-99DrillUnion Texas Petroleum Corp.Sep 11, 1987Sep 14, 1987—11,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-31885————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,691 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Clear ForkBASE LOWER CLEARFORK6,762-4,071
SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY7,015-4,324
Jo MillLOWER JO MILL7,895-5,204

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,0707,078Perforated
7,1777,182Perforated
7,9027,939Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37542517.5450 S
9.6253,99312.252,200 S
5.58,0858.751,065 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
00Aug 25, 1988Jul 27, 1988Yes
00Aug 9, 1988——

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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