WELL · 42-383-31963 · DISTRICT 7
Loftin #5
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Loftin #5 (API 42-383-31963) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged April 11, 2023, last operated by Earthstone Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 15, 1981, permitted to 7,700 ft.
It was permitted by Discovery Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Earthstone Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 89.7K barrels of oil and 515K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 2023. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Discovery Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
The Woodlands, TX · P-5 Inactive, filed May 25, 2023 · 283 permits on file · (281) 298-4246
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Earthstone Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Sable Permian Resources, LLCthrough Dec 2020 |
| Latest permit | Discovery Operating, Inc.Jun 15, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 15, 1981
- last permit issued
- Apr 15, 1982
- completed
- 89.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 515K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 15, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 11, 2023
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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loftin O-9-5585 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Earthstone Operating, LLC | 7 | 89.7K | 515K | Jan 1993 – May 2023 |
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.
- 1Discovery Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 2014
- 2Enduring Resources, LLCMay 2014 → Jun 2014
- 3American Energy-Perm Basin, LLCJul 2014 → Apr 2016
- 4Permian Resources, LLCMay 2016 → Jun 2017
- 5Sable Permian Resources Land,llcOct 2018 → Oct 2018
- 6Sable Permian Resources, LLCDec 2020 → Dec 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120920-99 | Drill | Discovery Operating, Inc. | Jun 15, 1981 | Jun 15, 1981 | — | 7,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-5585 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| — | 7,280 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 728 | 11 | 400 S |
| 2.375 | 6,032 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 7,450 | 7.875 | 950 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 | Jun 17, 1982 | — |
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 42-383-31963 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-31963 → scanned completion filings
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.
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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