TEXAS · WELLS · PARKER COUNTY · SMELLEY LEASE · API 42-367-33680 · DISTRICT 7C
Smelley #4 H
Parker County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Horizontal
Smelley #4 H (API 42-367-33680) is a plugged horizontal well in Parker County, plugged September 11, 2008, last operated by Devon Energy Production CO L.P..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued March 24, 2005, permitted to 8,900 ft.
It was permitted by Chief Oil & Gas LLC and has since transferred to Devon Energy Production CO L.P. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Whitehall, Marble Falls, Barnett, Ellenburger.
Its lease has reported 55.9K mcf of gas since June 2005, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Devon Energy Production Co L.P.
Permitted by Chief Oil & Gas LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Oklahoma City, OK
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 18, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,266
- Phone
- (405) 235-3611
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Devon Energy Production Co L.P. |
| Production reports | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.through Jun 2008 |
| Latest permit | Chief Oil & Gas LLCMar 24, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,900
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Mar 24, 2005
- last permit issued
- May 31, 2006
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 55.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUN 2006 THROUGH JUN 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 31, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 11, 2008
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelley G-13-217766 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | 1 | 0 | 55.9K | Jun 2005 – Jun 2008 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Smelley
Devon Energy Production Co L.P.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Parker County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jun 2006 → Jun 2008
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559495-98 | Drill | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Apr 15, 2005 | Mar 24, 2005 | Jun 17, 2005 | 8,900 |
| 559495-99 | Drill | Chief Oil & Gas LLC | Mar 24, 2005 | Mar 24, 2005 | — | 8,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2006 | Smelley G-13-217766 | Newark East (Barnett Shale) | Devon Energy Production Co L.P. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,065 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Whitehall | 1,226 | -161 |
| Marble Falls | 5,870 | -4,805 |
| Marble Falls | 6,519 | -5,454 |
| BarnettBARNETT SHALE | 6,533 | -5,468 |
| BarnettBARNETT SHALE | 6,577 | -5,512 |
| Ellenburger | 6,833 | -5,768 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,780 | 8,970 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,011 | 12.25 | 624 S |
| 5.5 | 9,067 | 7.875 | 120 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. 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 | May 31, 2007 | Apr 13, 2007 | — |
| 00 | Jan 24, 2007 | Dec 2, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 7, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-367-33680 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-367-33680 → 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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