TEXAS · WELLS · SUTTON COUNTY · API 42-435-34524 · DISTRICT 6E
Ward John A #7
Sutton County · Sawyer (Canyon) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Fawcett (Wolfcamp) · Sawyer (Canyon) · Sawyer (Strawn, North)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Ward John A #7 (API 42-435-34524) is a well in Sutton County operated by Upp Operating LLC, completed May 29, 1996 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in September 1, 2011.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1995 and 1996, permitted to 7,750 ft.
It was permitted by Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp and has since transferred to Upp Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Base Cretaceous (marker), Wolfcamp, Wolfcmp, Canyon.
Its 2 leases have reported 1 barrels of oil and 274K mcf of gas since June 1995, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp; 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 Aug 2011 |
| Latest permit | Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpFeb 15, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,750
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 15, 1996
- last permit issued
- May 29, 1996
- completed
- 1
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 274K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1995 THROUGH Aug 2011
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 29, 1996
- Shut in
- Sep 1, 2011
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward, John "A" G-9-158665 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Upp Operating, LLC | 1 | 1 | 231K | May 1996 – Aug 2011 |
| Ward, John "A" G-9-156946 | Sawyer (Strawn, North) | Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp | 1 | 0 | 42.4K | Jun 1995 – Apr 1996 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Ward John A
Upp Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Sutton County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpJun 1995 → Nov 2001
- 2Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Dec 2007
- 3Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLCJan 2008 → Aug 2011
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444879-99 | Recompletion | Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp | Feb 15, 1996 | Feb 15, 1996 | Apr 30, 1996 | 7,750 |
| 435645-99 | Drill | Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp | May 8, 1995 | May 16, 1995 | May 24, 1995 | 7,750 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1996 | Ward John A G-9-158665 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Upp Operating LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Sep 1, 2011 | 7,750 |
| Jun 18, 1995 | Ward John A G-9-156946 | Sawyer (Strawn North) | Dreyfus Louis Natural Gas Corp | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,201 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Base Cretaceous (marker)BASE CRETACEOUS | 773 | 1,428 |
| Wolfcamp | 3,018 | -817 |
| Wolfcmp | 3,018 | -817 |
| Canyon | 5,450 | -3,249 |
| Cnyon | 5,450 | -3,249 |
| Strawn | 7,125 | -4,924 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,558 | 6,410 | Perforated |
| 7,128 | 7,646 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,472 | 11 | 510 S |
| 4.5 | 7,717 | 7.875 | 700 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 25, 1996 | Jun 25, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 8, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 5, 1996 | Oct 19, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 13, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-435-34524 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-435-34524 → 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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