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Matthews 23 #5

Plugged

Shackelford County · Matthews (Gardner Sd.) field  · Vertical

Matthews 23 #5 (API 42-417-34106) is a plugged well in Shackelford County, plugged December 3, 1998, last operated by Van Operating Ltd..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 1985, permitted to 5,000 ft.

It was permitted by Jones CO. and has since transferred to Van Operating Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Strawn, Lower Gardner, Caddo, Chester.

Operator of record

Van Operating Ltd.

Permitted by Jones Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Albany, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Jan 28, 2021
Permits on file
96
Phone
(325) 762-3353

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleVan Operating Ltd.
Production reportsVan Operating, Ltd.through Oct 1995
Latest permitJones Co.Jan 9, 1985

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

5,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jan 9, 1985
last permit issued
Dec 25, 1984
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
73.7K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 1998

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 25, 1984
Shut in
—
Plugged
Dec 3, 1998

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
Matthews 23 G-8-114531Matthews (Gardner Sd.)Van Operating, Ltd.1073.7KJan 1993 – Dec 1998

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. 1Jones Company, Ltd.Jan 1993 → Jul 1995
  2. 2Van Operating, Ltd.Aug 1995 → Oct 1995

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
263707-99RecompletionJones Co.Jan 7, 1985Jan 9, 1985—4,914
128924-99DrillJones Co.Aug 6, 1981Aug 6, 1981Jul 15, 19815,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 25, 1984Matthews 23 G-8-114531Matthews (Gardner Sd.)Van Operating Ltd.Plugged—
Oct 20, 1981Matthews 23 O-8-17096Matthews (Ellen)Van Operating Ltd.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,738 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Strawn3,466-1,728
Lower Gardner3,578-1,840
Caddo4,386-2,648
Chester4,780-3,042
Chappel4,858-3,120
Ellen4,902-3,164

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,5803,584Perforated
4,9104,914Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62512012.2590 S
2.3754,823——
4.54,9107.875400 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
00Mar 5, 1985Jan 4, 1985—
00Feb 9, 1985Dec 27, 1984—
00Jan 12, 1984Oct 27, 1981—

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). 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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