WELL · 42-329-31556 · DISTRICT 8

Button Estes '7' #1

Button Estes '7' #1 (API 42-329-31556) is a permitted well in Midland County filed by Petroplex Energy Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended once) between 1985 and 2011, permitted to 12,000 ft.

Its lease has reported 174K barrels of oil and 445K mcf of gas since March 1999, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Petroplex Energy Inc.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 182 permits on file · (432) 687-2222

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Petroplex Energy Inc.through Mar 2026
Latest permit	Petroplex Energy Inc.Dec 22, 2011

12,000: total depth, ft
4: permits on file
Dec 22, 2011: last permit issued
—: completed
174K: cumulative oil, bbl
445K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1999 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Estes, Button "7" O-10-36311	Spraberry (Trend Area)	Petroplex Energy Inc.	2	174K	445K	Mar 1999 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 2,910 · prior 12 3,905(-25%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 9,238(-100%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Petroplex Energy Inc.Sep 2003 → Mar 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
730318-99	Recompletion	Petroplex Energy Inc.	Dec 19, 2011	Dec 22, 2011	—	11,459
480936-98	Reenter	Stephens, Autry C.	Aug 9, 1999	Nov 20, 1998	Nov 18, 1998	11,300
480936-99	Reenter	Stephens, Autry C.	Nov 17, 1998	Nov 20, 1998	—	11,200
278777-99	Drill	Anschutz Corporation, The	Jun 26, 1985	Jun 26, 1985	—	12,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-36311	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,504	10,498	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	361	17.5	350 S
9.625	4,470	12.25	1,800 S
7	10,925	8.75	575 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jul 17, 2000	Feb 17, 2000	Yes
Jun 21, 2000	—	—
Jul 22, 1986	—	Yes

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 42-329-31556 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-329-31556 → 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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