WELL · 42-329-31289 · DISTRICT 8

Nobles #1

Plugged

Nobles #1 (API 42-329-31289) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged July 10, 1984, last operated by Hcw Exploration, Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1984 and 1985, permitted to 13,700 ft.

Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Grayburg, San Andres.

Its lease has reported 5.89K barrels of oil and 10.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2005.

Operator of record

HCW Exploration, Inc.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 15, 1989 · 112 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Midkiff, Johnthrough Dec 1998
Latest permit	HCW Exploration, Inc.Mar 26, 1985

13,700: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Mar 26, 1985: last permit issued
—: completed
5.89K: cumulative oil, bbl
10.6K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2005

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jul 10, 1984

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
Nobles O-10-29783	Spraberry (Trend Area)	Midkiff, John	1	5.89K	10.6K	Jan 1993 – Jan 2005

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.

1Midkiff, JohnJan 1993 → Nov 1998

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
270600-99	Other	HCW Exploration, Inc.	Mar 26, 1985	Mar 26, 1985	—	13,700
228612-99	Drill	Enserch Exploration, Inc	Feb 6, 1984	Feb 7, 1984	May 25, 1984	13,600

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-29783	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,887 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Rustler	1,928	959
Yates	3,043	-156
Grayburg	4,367	-1,480
San Andres	4,764	-1,877
Clear ForkCLEARFORK	7,264	-4,377
SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY	8,192	-5,305
SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY	8,803	-5,916
Dean	9,367	-6,480
Wolfcamp	9,553	-6,666

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,168	8,516	Perforated
8,765	9,063	Perforated
9,257	10,142	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	424	17.5	—
9.625	5,035	12.25	—
4.5	10,320	8.75	2,100 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	May 15, 1985	May 2, 1985	—
00	May 10, 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.

Wellbore filings for 42-329-31289 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-329-31289 → 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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