WELL · 42-331-31380 · DISTRICT 1
Balch M. W. #7
Milam County · Minerva-Rockdale field · Vertical
Balch M. W. #7 (API 42-331-31380) is a plugged well in Milam County, plugged April 4, 2019, last operated by North Texas Energy Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 24, 1982, permitted to 1,500 ft.
It was permitted by Adelante Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to North Texas Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Green Sand, Navarro.
Its lease has reported 963 barrels of oil since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 12 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Adelante Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · 13 permits on file · (202) 352-1524
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | North Texas Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | North Texas Energy,inc.through Dec 2014 |
| Latest permit | Adelante Petroleum Co.May 24, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 24, 1982
- last permit issued
- Aug 17, 1982
- completed
- 963
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 17, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 4, 2019
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 12 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balch, M. W. O-1-8171 | Minerva-Rockdale | North Texas Energy,inc. | 12 | 963 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Blackwell Drilling Co.May 1998 → Apr 2001
- 2North Texas Energy,inc.Jan 2014 → Dec 2014
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161599-99 | Drill | Adelante Petroleum Co. | May 24, 1982 | May 24, 1982 | — | 1,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-8171 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 912 | 937 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 1,058 | 6.75 | 140 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 | Nov 12, 1987 | Oct 22, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Oct 30, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-331-31380 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-331-31380 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/33131380, documented in the API reference.