WELL · 42-371-06807 · DISTRICT 8

Smith Taylor #51E28

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Pecos County · Yates field  · Horizontal

Smith Taylor #51E28 (API 42-371-06807) is a permitted horizontal well in Pecos County filed by Kinder Morgan Production CO LLC; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2006 and 2021, permitted to 1,999 ft.

It was permitted by Kinder Morgan Production CO LLC and has since transferred to Marathon Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen, Grayburg.

Its lease has reported 322M barrels of oil and 1.03B mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 1,725 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Marathon Oil Company

Permitted by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · 3,707 permits on file · (800) 332-9449

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMarathon Oil Company
Production reportsKinder Morgan Production Co LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitKinder Morgan Production Co LLCDec 15, 2021

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

1,999
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Dec 15, 2021
last permit issued
—
completed
322M
cumulative oil, bbl
1.03B
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Surface location

30.887615, -101.932119

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Pecos County.

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 1,725 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Yates Field Unit O-10-24061YatesKinder Morgan Production Co LLC1,725322M1.03BJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 4,787,640 · prior 12 4,909,756(-2%)

0200K400K600K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 25,164,981 · prior 12 25,634,315(-2%)

01M2M3M202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Marathon Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 2003
  2. 2Kinder Morgan Sacroc LPNov 2003 → Nov 2003
  3. 3Kinder Morgan Production Co LPDec 2003 → Jul 2007
  4. 4Kinder Morgan Production Co LLCAug 2007 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
875172-99RecompletionKinder Morgan Production Co LLCDec 9, 2021Dec 15, 2021Jan 2, 20221,999
628167-99RecompletionKinder Morgan Production Co LPOct 26, 2006Nov 2, 2006Nov 9, 20061,999

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-24061————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,830 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
YatesYATES(SMITH SAND)8311,999
Yates8811,949
YatesYATES (SMITH SAND)8811,949
Seven Rivers1,2311,599
Queen1,4081,422
Grayburg1,4431,387
San Andres1,5001,330
Base (Creataceous)——
Base Cretaceous (marker)BASE CRETACEOUS——
Queen——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
1,6801,780Perforated
1,7072,095Perforated
1,7072,095Open hole
1,7072,388Open hole
1,7201,729Perforated
—1,500Perforated
—1,700Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37564514.5—
13.375645——
13.375654——
10.7578513.375200 S
8.6251,36410.75190 S
71,3978.625200 S
5.51,7907585 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
00Apr 20, 2022Mar 14, 2022Yes
00May 31, 2019Feb 6, 2019—
00May 24, 2007Jan 5, 2007Yes
00Sep 20, 1996Mar 26, 1996—
00Jan 12, 1984——

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) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Yates Field Unit42-371-35728

0.1 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Base Cretaceous (marker)7642,071
Yates8431,992
Yates8431,992
Seven Rivers9281,907
Queen1,3561,479
Grayburg1,3561,479
San Andres1,4621,373

Yates Field Unit42-371-35467

0.2 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Cretaceous4852,107
Base Cretaceous (marker)4852,107
Base Cretaceous (marker)4852,107
Yates6251,967
Yates6251,967
Seven Rivers7061,886
Seven Rivers7061,886
Queen1,1741,418

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Yates Field Unit42-371-33654

0.2 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Base Cretaceous (marker)6642,106
Base Cretaceous (marker)6642,106
Yates8191,951
Seven Rivers9061,864
Queen1,3611,409
Grayburg1,3881,382
San Andres1,4321,338

Yates Field Unit42-371-33487

0.3 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Base (Creataceous)7642,062
Base Cretaceous (marker)7642,062
Base Cretaceous (marker)7642,062
Yates8281,998
Seven Rivers9121,914
Queen1,3401,486
Grayburg1,3811,445
San Andres1,4491,377

Yates Field Unit42-371-32857

0.3 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Base Cretaceous (marker)5802,069
Yates7001,949
Smith Sand7001,949
Seven Rivers7831,866
Grayburg1,2351,414
Queen1,2351,414
San Andres1,3101,339

Yates Field Unit42-371-33811

0.4 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Base Cretaceous (marker)5262,119
Base Cretaceous (marker)5262,119
Base (Creataceous)5262,119
Yates6921,953
Yates6921,953
Yates6921,953
Seven Rivers7741,871
Queen1,2401,405

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Yates Field Unit42-371-06057

0.4 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Base Cretaceous (marker)4572,101
Base (Creataceous)4572,101
Yates6001,958
Seven Rivers6891,869
Queen1,1481,410
Grayburg1,1911,367
San Andres1,2491,309

Yates Field Unit42-371-35719

0.4 KM · Marathon Oil Company · Section with this well →

Base Cretaceous (marker)6962,129
Base (Creataceous)6962,129
Base Cretaceous (marker)6962,129
Yates8451,980
Seven Rivers9311,894
Queen1,3891,436
Grayburg1,4311,394
San Andres1,4961,329

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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