WELL · 42-383-33857 · DISTRICT 7
Sau 8 #1
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Sau 8 #1 (API 42-383-33857) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged December 18, 2015, last operated by Apache Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 8, 1987, permitted to 8,000 ft.
It was permitted by Mariner Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Jo Mill, Dean.
Its lease has reported 765K barrels of oil and 5.07M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 23 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mariner Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · 9,754 permits on file · (713) 296-6400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Jun 2023 |
| Latest permit | Mariner Energy, Inc.Dec 8, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 8, 1987
- last permit issued
- Jan 3, 1988
- completed
- 765K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 5.07M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 3, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 18, 2015
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 23 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sau 8 O-9-12378 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | 23 | 765K | 5.07M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Hardy Oil & Gas USA Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 1996
- 2Mariner Energy, Inc.Jul 1996 → Nov 2010
- 3Apache CorporationDec 2010 → Oct 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 339872-98 | Drill | Mariner Energy, Inc. | Jun 18, 2003 | Dec 8, 1987 | — | 8,000 |
| 339872-99 | Drill | Trafalgar House Oil and Gas Inc. | Dec 8, 1987 | Dec 8, 1987 | — | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-12378 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,663 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,381 | 6,696 | Perforated |
| 7,041 | 7,318 | Perforated |
| 7,742 | 7,893 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 556 | 17.5 | 500 S |
| 8.625 | 4,060 | 11 | 450 S |
| 5.5 | 8,070 | 8.875 | 600 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 | Feb 1, 1988 | Jan 20, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 28, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-383-33857 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-33857 → 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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