WELL · 42-417-38110 · DISTRICT 7
Williams B #17
Shackelford County · Shackelford County Regular field · Producing · Vertical
Williams B #17 (API 42-417-38110) is a well in Shackelford County operated by Sojourner Drilling Corporation, completed May 1, 1997 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 5, 1997, permitted to 1,000 ft.
It was permitted by Borden, Roland Inc. and has since transferred to Sojourner Drilling Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Cook Sd., Crystal Falls.
Its lease has reported 5.28K barrels of oil since February 1996, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Sojourner Drilling Corporation
Permitted by Borden, Roland Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 872 permits on file · (325) 669-2068
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sojourner Drilling Corporation |
| Production reports | Sojourner Drilling Corporationthrough Dec 2025 |
| Latest permit | Borden, Roland Inc.Feb 5, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 5, 1997
- last permit issued
- May 1, 1997
- completed
- 5.28K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 1, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams "B" O-8-27864 | Shackelford County Regular | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 5 | 5.28K | 0 | Feb 1996 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 71 · prior 12 41(+73%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Borden, Roland Inc.Mar 1996 → May 2017
- 2Sojourner Drilling CorporationJun 2024 → Dec 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 458184-99 | Drill | Borden, Roland Inc. | Feb 4, 1997 | Feb 5, 1997 | Feb 16, 1997 | 1,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-27864 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,383 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Sd. | 512 | 871 |
| Crystal Falls | 570 | 813 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 612 | 620 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 635 | 7.875 | 90 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 | Sep 30, 1997 | May 27, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 22, 1997 | — | — |
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 42-417-38110 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-417-38110 → 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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