TEXAS · WELLS · SUTTON COUNTY · NOBLES RANCH "A" LEASE · API 42-435-33222 · DISTRICT 6E
Nobles Ranch A #71
Sutton County · Whitehead (Strawn) field · Producing · Vertical
Nobles Ranch A #71 (API 42-435-33222) is a well in Sutton County operated by Upp Operating LLC, completed August 24, 1985 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in May 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 7, 1985, permitted to 9,397 ft.
It was permitted by Statex Petroleum Inc. and has since transferred to Upp Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Base Cretaceous (marker), Canyon, Strawn, Pennsylvanian.
Its lease has reported 30 barrels of oil and 480K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Statex 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 Apr 2025 |
| Latest permit | Statex Petroleum Inc.Jan 7, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,397
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 7, 1985
- last permit issued
- Aug 24, 1985
- completed
- 30
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 480K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 24, 1985
- Shut in
- May 1, 2025
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobles Ranch "A" G-9-118135 | Whitehead (Strawn) | Upp Operating, LLC | 1 | 30 | 480K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2025 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 334(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Graham Royalty, Ltd.Jan 1993 → Oct 1993
- 2Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpNov 1993 → Nov 2001
- 3Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Dec 2007
- 4Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLCJan 2008 → Sep 2014
- 5Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Oct 2014 → Mar 2019
- 6Upp Operating, LLCApr 2019 → Apr 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263179-99 | Drill | Statex Petroleum Inc. | May 2, 1985 | Jan 7, 1985 | — | 9,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 1985 | Nobles Ranch A G-9-118135 | Whitehead (Strawn) | Upp Operating LLC | Producing · shut in May 1, 2025 | 9,397 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,141 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Base Cretaceous (marker)BASE CRETACEOUS | 755 | 1,386 |
| CanyonCANYON SD SEC | 6,086 | -3,945 |
| StrawnSTRAWN LS | 8,562 | -6,421 |
| PennsylvanianBASE PENN | 9,298 | -7,157 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,564 | 8,680 | Perforated |
| 8,731 | 8,965 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,283 | 12.25 | 440 S |
| 4.5 | 9,362 | 7.875 | 950 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 | Oct 7, 1985 | Sep 16, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Oct 2, 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 42-435-33222 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-435-33222 → 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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