WELL · 42-335-31839 · DISTRICT 8
Earnest #5
Mitchell County · Sharon Ridge (1700) field · Vertical
Earnest #5 (API 42-335-31839) is a plugged well in Mitchell County, plugged January 20, 1993, last operated by Lem Operating CO. Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 23, 1980, permitted to 1,700 ft.
It was permitted by Ellpen, Inc. and has since transferred to Lem Operating CO. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 147 barrels of oil and 7 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 1997. The lease carries 10 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Ellpen, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Colorado City, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 7, 2021
- Permits on file
- 101
- Phone
- (325) 728-3495
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Lem Operating Co. Inc. |
| Production reports | Lem Operating Co., Inc.through Nov 1996 |
| Latest permit | Ellpen, Inc.Oct 23, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 23, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jan 23, 1981
- completed
- 147
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 7
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 23, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 20, 1993
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 10 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnest O-11-62912 | Sharon Ridge (1700) | Lem Operating Co., Inc. | 10 | 147 | 7 | Jan 1993 – Mar 1997 |
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.
- 1Lem Operating Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1993
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96654-99 | Drill | Ellpen, Inc. | Oct 23, 1980 | Oct 23, 1980 | Dec 2, 1980 | 1,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-62912 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,548 | 1,566 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 223 | 12.25 | 185 S |
| 2.375 | 1,680 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 1,726 | 7.875 | 655 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 12, 1981 | — |
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 42-335-31839 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-335-31839 → 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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