TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · BROOKS "B" LEASE · API 42-329-33973 · DISTRICT 7B
Brooks B #5
Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Brooks B #5 (API 42-329-33973) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged February 26, 2002, last operated by Cox John L..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 11, 1997, permitted to 9,200 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Redbeds, Spraberry, Dean.
Its lease has reported 38.3K barrels of oil and 91.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 21, 2003
- Permits on file
- 1,123
- Phone
- (432) 682-9435
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Cox John L. |
| Production reports | Cox, John L.through Nov 2001 |
| Latest permit | Cox, John L.Dec 11, 1997 |
- 9,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 11, 1997
- last permit issued
- Jul 23, 1998
- completed
- 38.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 91.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 23, 1998
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 26, 2002
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks "B" O-10-23635 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Cox, John L. | 5 | 38.3K | 91.7K | Jan 1993 – Nov 2001 |
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.
- 1Cox, John L.Jan 1993 → Nov 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 470970-99 | Drill | Cox, John L. | Dec 8, 1997 | Dec 11, 1997 | Feb 8, 1998 | 9,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 1998 | Brooks B O-10-23635 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Cox John L. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,685 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,056 | 8,343 | Perforated |
| 8,732 | 9,023 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 298 | 17.5 | 375 S |
| 8.625 | 5,030 | 11 | 1,000 S |
| 4.5 | 9,050 | 7.875 | 1,400 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Aug 28, 1998 | Jul 31, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 24, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-329-33973 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-329-33973 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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