TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · BRODERICK GU 1, BESS SMITH LEASE · API 42-365-30280 · DISTRICT 06
Broderick GU 1 Bess Smith #1
Panola County · Carthage (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
Broderick GU 1 Bess Smith #1 (API 42-365-30280) is a well in Panola County operated by Xto Energy Inc., completed September 13, 1977 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 28, 1977, permitted to 9,252 ft.
It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Xto Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 7.81K barrels of oil and 677K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Spring, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 8, 2026
- Permits on file
- 16,156
- Phone
- (346) 502-1572
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | XTO Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | XTO Energy Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.Dec 28, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,252
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 28, 1977
- last permit issued
- Sep 13, 1977
- completed
- 7.81K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 677K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 13, 1977
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broderick GU 1, Bess Smith G-6-74700 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | XTO Energy Inc. | 1 | 7.81K | 677K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 14,072 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 2000
- 2Exxon Mobil CorporationApr 2000 → Dec 2013
- 3XTO Energy Inc.Jan 2014 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14886-99 | Drill | Exxon Corp. | Dec 28, 1977 | Dec 28, 1977 | — | 9,380 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 1977 | Broderick GU 1 Bess Smith G-6-74700 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | XTO Energy Inc. | Producing | 9,252 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,231 | 9,252 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,556 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 9,380 | — | — |
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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 7, 1977 | — |
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 42-365-30280 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-30280 → 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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