TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · DRAKE -A- LEASE · API 42-329-31967 · DISTRICT 7B

Drake -A- #1

Plugged

Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Drake -A- #1 (API 42-329-31967) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged November 19, 2021, last operated by Cutbow Operating LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 8, 1987, permitted to 9,400 ft.

It was permitted by Parker & Parsley Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Cutbow Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean.

Its lease has reported 50.8K barrels of oil and 157K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Cutbow Operating LLC

Permitted by Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Midland, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 10, 2025
Permits on file
66
Phone
(432) 410-4321

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleCutbow Operating LLC
Production reportsCutbow Operating, LLCthrough May 2018
Latest permitParker & Parsley Petroleum Co.Dec 8, 1987

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

9,400
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Dec 8, 1987
last permit issued
Mar 11, 1988
completed
50.8K
cumulative oil, bbl
157K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2018

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 11, 1988
Shut in
—
Plugged
Nov 19, 2021

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
Drake -A- O-10-31728Spraberry (Trend Area)Cutbow Operating, LLC150.8K157KJan 1993 – May 2018

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 → Aug 1997
  3. 3Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Sep 1997 → Oct 2000
  4. 4Parker & Parsley Acq. Group LLCNov 2000 → Aug 2002
  5. 5Momentum Energy, LLCSep 2002 → Nov 2003
  6. 6Momentum Energy CorporationDec 2003 → Jul 2008
  7. 7Parsley Energy Operations, LLCAug 2008 → Jul 2017

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
339763-98DrillParker & Parsley Petroleum Co.Dec 16, 1987Dec 8, 1987—9,400
339763-99DrillParker & Parsley Petroleum Co.Dec 7, 1987Dec 8, 1987—9,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 11, 1988Drake -A- O-10-31728Spraberry (Trend Area)Cutbow Operating LLCPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,731 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
SpraberryTOP UPPER SPRABERRY7,675-4,944
SpraberryTOP LOWER SPRABERRY8,360-5,629
DeanTOP DEAN9,056-6,325
DeanBASE DEAN9,256-6,525

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,6997,870Perforated
8,3678,674Perforated
9,0449,325Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
12.7527817.5350 S
8.6254,95411500 S
4.59,4007.8751,016 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 11, 1988Mar 22, 1988Yes
00Apr 1, 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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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