WELL · 42-417-36510 · DISTRICT 7
Nail J.H. A #18
Shackelford County · Nail (Cook Upper) field · Vertical
Nail J.H. A #18 (API 42-417-36510) is a plugged well in Shackelford County, plugged February 1, 2012, last operated by Van Operating Ltd..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 27, 1985, permitted to 1,400 ft.
It was permitted by Jones CO. and has since transferred to Van Operating Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including B/Dotham, T/Saddle Creek, B/Coal, Flippen Sand.
Its lease has reported 25.8K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2012. The lease carries 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
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 schedule | Van Operating Ltd. |
| Production reports | Van Operating, Ltd.through Oct 1997 |
| Latest permit | Jones Co.Aug 27, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 27, 1985
- last permit issued
- Sep 24, 1985
- completed
- 25.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 24, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 1, 2012
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 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nail, J.H. "A" O-8-22627 | Nail (Cook, Upper) | Van Operating, Ltd. | 6 | 25.8K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Mar 2012 |
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.
- 1Jones Company, Ltd.Jan 1993 → Jul 1995
- 2Van Operating, Ltd.Aug 1995 → Oct 1997
Permits
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 1985 | Nail J.H. A O-8-22627 | Nail (Cook Upper) | Van Operating Ltd. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,531 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| B/Dotham | 1,018 | 513 |
| T/Saddle Creek | 1,332 | 199 |
| B/Coal | 1,388 | 143 |
| Flippen Sand | 1,394 | 137 |
| T/Waldrip | 1,437 | 94 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,393 | 1,398 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 1,459 | 7.875 | 350 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 | Dec 2, 1985 | Nov 13, 1985 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 20, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-417-36510 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-417-36510 → scanned completion filings
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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