WELL · 42-429-00874 · DISTRICT 7
Rickels #5
Stephens County · Rickels (Conglomerate) field · Vertical
Rickels #5 (API 42-429-00874) is a plugged well in Stephens County, plugged October 26, 2004, last operated by Sky Resources Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 12, 1988, permitted to 4,150 ft.
It was permitted by Poage Energy Company and has since transferred to Sky Resources Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Caddo, Conglomerate, Top Conglomerate.
Its 2 leases have reported 10.3K barrels of oil and 3.36K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2005. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Poage Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Graham, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 35 permits on file · (940) 549-0131
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sky Resources Inc. |
| Production reports | Sky Development Corporationthrough Jan 2002 |
| Latest permit | Poage Energy CompanyMay 12, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,150
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 12, 1988
- last permit issued
- May 27, 1988
- completed
- 10.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.36K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2005
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 27, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 26, 2004
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickels O-8-19459 | Rickels (Conglomerate) | Sky Resources, Inc. | 2 | 10.3K | 3.36K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2005 |
| — G-8-129385 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
- 1Sky Development CorporationJan 1993 → Jan 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346174-99 | Reenter | Poage Energy Company | May 6, 1988 | May 12, 1988 | — | 4,150 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-8-129385 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-19459 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,111 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,923 | 3,926 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 98 | 12.75 | 100 S |
| 5.5 | 4,029 | 8.75 | 100 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 | Jun 10, 1991 | Sep 14, 1990 | — |
| 00 | Mar 27, 1991 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 13, 1989 | Dec 20, 1988 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1989 | — | — |
| 00 | Aug 19, 1988 | Jun 16, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 12, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-429-00874 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-429-00874 → 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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