TEXAS · WELLS · SUTTON COUNTY · FIELDS 16 LEASE · API 42-435-33585 · DISTRICT 6E
Fields 16 #8
Sutton County · Sawyer (Canyon) field · Vertical
Fields 16 #8 (API 42-435-33585) is a plugged well in Sutton County, plugged July 18, 2006, last operated by Smith Pipe Of Abilene.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 20, 1990, permitted to 6,500 ft.
It was permitted by American Exploration Company and has since transferred to Smith Pipe Of Abilene on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Canyon.
Its lease has reported 315 barrels of oil and 112K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by American Exploration Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 29, 2014
- Phone
- (325) 692-3903
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Smith Pipe of Abilene |
| Production reports | Smith Pipe of Abilenethrough Oct 2005 |
| Latest permit | American Exploration CompanyMar 20, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 20, 1990
- last permit issued
- May 13, 1990
- completed
- 315
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 112K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2005
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 13, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 18, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fields 16 G-9-135036 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Smith Pipe of Abilene | 1 | 315 | 112K | Jan 1993 – Oct 2005 |
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.
- 1American Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Jul 1995
- 2Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpAug 1995 → Nov 2001
- 3Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Oct 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 371045-99 | Drill | American Exploration Company | Mar 16, 1990 | Mar 20, 1990 | — | 6,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1990 | Fields 16 G-9-135036 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Smith Pipe of Abilene | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,158 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,604 | 5,723 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 895 | 11 | 365 S |
| 4.5 | 5,916 | 7.875 | 340 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 | Aug 7, 1990 | Jun 13, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 17, 1990 | — | — |
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 42-435-33585 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-435-33585 → 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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