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Balmorhea State 33-50 #1

Plugged

Reeves County · Wolfbone (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Balmorhea State 33-50 #1 (API 42-389-33779) is a plugged well in Reeves County, plugged August 6, 2016, last operated by Noble Energy Inc.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 14, 2013, permitted to 13,000 ft.

It was permitted by Comstock Oil & Gas, LP and has since transferred to Noble Energy Inc on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rustler, Bone Spring, Wolfcamp.

Its lease has reported 4.44K barrels of oil and 7.14K mcf of gas since September 2013, last reporting in June 2019.

Operator of record

Noble Energy Inc

Permitted by Comstock Oil & Gas, LP; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Midland, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Aug 26, 2025
Permits on file
565
Phone
(866) 212-1212

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleNoble Energy Inc
Production reportsNoble Energy Incthrough Aug 2018
Latest permitComstock Oil & Gas, LPMay 14, 2013

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

13,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 14, 2013
last permit issued
Sep 8, 2013
completed
4.44K
cumulative oil, bbl
7.14K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2013 THROUGH Jun 2019

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 8, 2013
Shut in
—
Plugged
Aug 6, 2016

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Balmorhea State 33-50 O-10-44712Wolfbone (Trend Area)Noble Energy Inc14.44K7.14KSep 2013 – Jun 2019

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.

  1. 1Rosetta Resources Operating LPSep 2013 → Jul 2016
  2. 2Noble Energy IncAug 2018 → Aug 2018

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
762508-99DrillComstock Oil & Gas, LPMay 10, 2013May 14, 2013Jun 11, 201313,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Sep 8, 2013Balmorhea State 33-50 O-10-44712Wolfbone (Trend Area)Noble Energy IncPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,623 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rustler1,6111,012
Bone SpringBONE SPRINGS7,862-5,239
Wolfcamp10,371-7,748

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,7149,964Perforated
10,20410,354Perforated
10,41910,778Perforated
10,66110,778Perforated
10,87111,076Perforated
11,18611,288Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,34517.51,280 S
9.6254,66512.25530 S
5.511,6338.751,365 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
00Jul 1, 2014Nov 26, 2013Yes

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.

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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