TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · MATTHEWS -A- LEASE · API 42-329-30847 · DISTRICT 7B
Matthews -A- #1
Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Matthews -A- #1 (API 42-329-30847) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged November 4, 1983, last operated by Apache Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 14, 1979, permitted to 8,900 ft.
It was permitted by Tamarack Petroleum Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 56.4K barrels of oil and 172K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2021. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Tamarack Petroleum Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,756
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Jul 2018 |
| Latest permit | Tamarack Petroleum Company, Inc.Aug 14, 1979 |
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
- Aug 14, 1979
- last permit issued
- Apr 5, 1980
- completed
- 56.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 172K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2021
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 5, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 4, 1983
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; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthews -A- O-10-25871 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | 3 | 56.4K | 172K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2021 |
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.
- 1Tamarack Petroleum Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 2007
- 2Mariner Energy, Inc.Dec 2007 → Nov 2010
- 3Apache CorporationDec 2010 → Jul 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55487-99 | Drill | Tamarack Petroleum Company, Inc. | Aug 14, 1979 | Aug 14, 1979 | — | 8,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1980 | Matthews -A- O-10-25871 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,188 | 8,698 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,325 | 12.25 | 1,800 S |
| 2.375 | 8,287 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 8,840 | 7.875 | 800 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 14, 1980 | — |
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 42-329-30847 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-329-30847 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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