WELL · 42-329-39236 · DISTRICT 8
Smith-Hughes 9 #2
Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Directional
Smith-Hughes 9 #2 (API 42-329-39236) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged July 7, 2023, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2014 and 2016, permitted to 11,500 ft.
It was permitted by De Operating LLC and has since transferred to Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Santa Rosa, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen.
Its 2 leases have reported 95.7K barrels of oil and 188K mcf of gas since June 2013, last reporting in February 2024. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by DE Operating LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Spring, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 15,619 permits on file · (972) 598-8150
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. |
| Production reports | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.through Jan 2023 |
| Latest permit | DE Operating LLCOct 31, 2016 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,500
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Oct 31, 2016
- last permit issued
- Jan 26, 2017
- completed
- 95.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 188K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2013 THROUGH Feb 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 26, 2017
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 7, 2023
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith-Hughes "9" O-10-45846 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 2 | 95.4K | 186K | Jun 2013 – Feb 2024 |
| Smith-Hughes '9' O-10-47293 | Moonlight (Atoka) | Parsley Energy Operations, LLC | 1 | 276 | 1.72K | Mar 2015 – Jun 2017 |
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.
- 1Rust Oil Corp.Jun 2013 → May 2016
- 2DE Operating LLCJun 2016 → Apr 2017
- 3Parsley Energy Operations, LLCMay 2017 → Jan 2021
- 4Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Feb 2021 → Jan 2023
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 818651-99 | Recompletion | DE Operating LLC | Sep 20, 2016 | Oct 31, 2016 | Jan 13, 2017 | 11,457 |
| 780984-98 | Drill | Rust Oil Corp. | Nov 19, 2015 | Mar 12, 2014 | Jul 29, 2014 | 11,500 |
| 780984-99 | Drill | Rust Oil Corp. | Feb 28, 2014 | Mar 12, 2014 | Jul 29, 2014 | 11,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-45846 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-47293 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,808 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa | 1,000 | 1,808 |
| Yates | 3,000 | -192 |
| Seven Rivers | 3,970 | -1,162 |
| Queen | 4,370 | -1,562 |
| Grayburg | 4,500 | -1,692 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - HIGH FLOWS, H2S, CO | 4,900 | -2,092 |
| Glorieta | 5,750 | -2,942 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 7,200 | -4,392 |
| Spraberry | 8,100 | -5,292 |
| SpraberrySPRABERRY UPPER-DEAN | 8,300 | -5,492 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,544 | 11,315 | Perforated |
| 11,216 | 11,298 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 295 | 17.5 | 350 S |
| 8.625 | 5,206 | 11 | 1,300 S |
| 5.5 | 11,550 | 7.875 | 1,125 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 | Apr 5, 2017 | Mar 9, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Feb 24, 2016 | Jan 22, 2016 | 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 42-329-39236 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-329-39236 → 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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