TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · FRANKLIN "42" LEASE · API 42-329-34778 · DISTRICT 7B
Franklin 42 #1
Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Azalea,east (Strawn) · Spraberry (Trend Area)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Franklin 42 #1 (API 42-329-34778) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged February 20, 2004, last operated by Diamondback E&P LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 28, 2002, permitted to 12,000 ft.
It was permitted by Endeavor Energy Resources L.P. and has since transferred to Diamondback E&P LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean, U. Wolfcamp, L. Wolfcamp.
Its lease has reported 428K barrels of oil and 1.13M mcf of gas since April 2003, last reporting volume in January 2024. The lease carries 9 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 5,254
- Phone
- (432) 221-7400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Diamondback E&P LLC |
| Production reports | Diamondback E&P LLCthrough Jan 2024 |
| Latest permit | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Oct 28, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 28, 2002
- last permit issued
- Mar 28, 2003
- completed
- 428K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.13M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2003 THROUGH Jan 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 28, 2003
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 20, 2004
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 9 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin "42" O-10-37063 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | 9 | 428K | 1.13M | Apr 2003 – Jan 2024 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Wells named Franklin 42
Diamondback E&P LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Midland County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Apr 2003 → Jan 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 524809-99 | Drill | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P. | Oct 21, 2002 | Oct 28, 2002 | Dec 27, 2002 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2003 | Franklin 42 O-10-37063 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Diamondback E&P LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,725 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY | 7,508 | -4,783 |
| SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY | 8,199 | -5,474 |
| Dean | 8,905 | -6,180 |
| U. Wolfcamp | 9,104 | -6,379 |
| L. Wolfcamp | 9,422 | -6,697 |
| PennsylvanianPENN | 10,573 | -7,848 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,508 | 9,907 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 365 | 17.5 | 350 S |
| 8.625 | 4,835 | 11 | 425 S |
| 4.5 | 10,800 | 7.875 | 1,270 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 | Jun 4, 2003 | Apr 15, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | May 15, 2003 | — | — |
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 42-329-34778 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-329-34778 → 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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