WELL · 42-423-30639 · DISTRICT 6
Sunshine Oil Unit #1
Smith County · Vertical
Sunshine Oil Unit #1 (API 42-423-30639) is a permitted well in Smith County filed by Ridley Oil Corporation; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 9, 1982, permitted to 7,700 ft.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Lower Cretaceous, Paluxy, Glen Rose.
Its lease has reported 244K barrels of oil and 1.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 30 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Tyler, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 5, 2002 · 29 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Ursus Oil and Gasthrough Jan 2026 |
| Latest permit | Ridley Oil CorporationNov 9, 1982 |
- 7,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 9, 1982
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 244K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 30 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine Unit O-6-11506 | Sunshine (Rodessa) | Ursus Oil and Gas | 30 | 244K | 1.7K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 359 · prior 12 705(-49%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Lynx Energy Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1993
- 2Basa Resources, Inc.Apr 1993 → Mar 2002
- 3Jurassic Exploration, Inc.Apr 2002 → May 2002
- 4Buffco Production Inc.Feb 2011 → Apr 2022
- 5Ursus Oil and GasMay 2022 → Jan 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176969-99 | Drill | Ridley Oil Corporation | Nov 9, 1982 | Nov 9, 1982 | — | 7,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-6-11506 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 462 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin ChalkAUSTIN | 3,734 | -3,272 |
| Lower Cretaceous | 4,233 | -3,771 |
| Paluxy | 5,497 | -5,035 |
| Glen RoseUPPER GLEN ROSE | 5,790 | -5,328 |
| Ferry Lake Anhy | 7,160 | -6,698 |
| RodessaRODESSA (L. GLEN ROSE) | 7,406 | -6,944 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,596 | 7,612 | Perforated |
| — | 7,612 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,500 | 11 | 415 S |
| 5.5 | 7,696 | 7.875 | 300 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 6, 1984 | — | — |
| 00 | Nov 9, 1984 | — | — |
| 00 | May 25, 1984 | Jan 24, 1983 | — |
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 42-423-30639 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-423-30639 → 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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