WELL · 42-351-30782 · DISTRICT 3

Smith Morgan #1

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Newton County · Newton field · Producing  · Directional

Smith Morgan #1 (API 42-351-30782) is a well in Newton County operated by HD Operating CO LLC, completed June 24, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 1, 2006, permitted to 12,000 ft.

It was permitted by Delta Exploration Company, Inc. and has since transferred to HD Operating CO LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Wilcox, 11600.

Its lease has reported 117K barrels of oil and 516K mcf of gas since June 2006, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

HD Operating Co LLC

Permitted by Delta Exploration Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Kilgore, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Nov 4, 2025
Phone
(903) 984-3443

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHD Operating Co LLC
Production reportsHD Operating Co, LLCthrough Feb 2026
Latest permitDelta Exploration Company, Inc.May 1, 2006

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
May 1, 2006
last permit issued
Jun 24, 2006
completed
117K
cumulative oil, bbl
516K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2006 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 24, 2006
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Smith, Morgan O-3-24868NewtonHD Operating Co, LLC1117K516KJun 2006 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 1,364 · prior 12 1,882(-28%)

0100200300202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 5,270(-100%)

05001K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Delta Exploration Company, Inc.Jun 2006 → Aug 2010
  2. 2Wapiti Operating, LLCSep 2010 → Feb 2013
  3. 3Argent Energy (US) Holdings Inc.Mar 2013 → May 2016
  4. 4BXP Operating, LLCJun 2016 → Sep 2023
  5. 584 Energy LLCOct 2023 → Oct 2025
  6. 6HD Operating Co, LLCDec 2025 → Feb 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
618477-99DrillDelta Exploration Company, Inc.May 1, 2006May 1, 2006May 7, 200612,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-24868————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 52 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxWILCOX 19,686-9,634
WilcoxWILCOX 810,195-10,143
1160011,625-11,573

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,6989,910Perforated
10,28610,340Perforated
10,86611,042Perforated
11,16811,510Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6255,43012.252,080 S
5.511,9288.75970 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Dec 4, 2006Jul 20, 2006Yes
00Aug 9, 2006——

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.

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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