TEXAS · WELLS · SUTTON COUNTY · FRIEND, JOE ESTATE "A" LEASE · API 42-435-32547 · DISTRICT 6E
Friend Joe Estate A #1-26
Sutton County · Sawyer (Canyon) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Permitted field
- Aldwell Ranch (Canyon)
Friend Joe Estate A #1-26 (API 42-435-32547) is a well in Sutton County operated by Upp Operating LLC, completed August 27, 1981 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2018.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 24, 1981, permitted to 9,092 ft.
It was permitted by Anderson Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Upp Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 133K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Anderson Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 33
- Phone
- (713) 495-5300
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Upp Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Upp Operating, LLCthrough Jan 2018 |
| Latest permit | Anderson Petroleum, Inc.Jul 24, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,092
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 24, 1981
- last permit issued
- Aug 27, 1981
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 133K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 27, 1981
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2018
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friend, Joe Estate "A" G-9-100755 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Upp Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 | 133K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2018 |
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.
- 1Enron Oil & Gas CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 1994
- 2Freeman Energy Inc. (I)May 1994 → Dec 1995
- 3Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpJan 1996 → Nov 2001
- 4Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Dec 2007
- 5Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLCJan 2008 → Sep 2014
- 6Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Oct 2014 → Jan 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126576-99 | Drill | Anderson Petroleum, Inc. | Jul 24, 1981 | Jul 24, 1981 | Jul 25, 1981 | 9,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 1981 | Friend Joe Estate A G-9-100755 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Upp Operating LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Feb 1, 2018 | 9,092 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,860 | 9,055 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,278 | 11 | 600 S |
| 2.375 | 8,775 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,091 | 7.875 | 650 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 9, 1982 | — |
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 42-435-32547 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-435-32547 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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