WELL · 42-441-34049 · DISTRICT 7

Ledbetter West #18L

Plugged

Ledbetter West #18L (API 42-441-34049) is a plugged well in Taylor County, plugged August 29, 2002, last operated by L.C.S. Production Company.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2002 and 2008, permitted to 5,000 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Capps Lime.

Its lease has reported 8.83K barrels of oil and 4.12K mcf of gas since March 2008, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

L.C.S. Production Company

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 1,707 permits on file · (325) 691-1085

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Rover Petroleum Operating, LLCthrough Aug 2018
Latest permit	L.C.S. Production CompanyMar 24, 2008

5,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Mar 24, 2008: last permit issued
—: completed
8.83K: cumulative oil, bbl
4.12K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2008 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 29, 2002

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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Ledbetter West O-8-30106	Taylor County Regular	Grayrock Energy II, LLC	2	8.83K	4.12K	Mar 2008 – Jul 2026

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.

1L.C.S. Production CompanyMar 2008 → Apr 2009
2Plantation Operating, LLCMay 2009 → Nov 2011
3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2011 → May 2017
4Rover Petroleum Operating, LLCJul 2017 → Aug 2018

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
657151-99	Reenter	L.C.S. Production Company	Mar 11, 2008	Mar 24, 2008	Apr 5, 2008	5,000
521151-99	Drill	Kern Co.	Jun 19, 2002	Jun 21, 2002	Aug 22, 2002	3,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-8-30106	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,318 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Capps Lime	4,578	-2,260

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,582	4,589	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	273	12.25	185 S
4.5	4,818	7.875	200 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	Oct 27, 2008	Jul 9, 2008	Yes
00	Sep 26, 2008	—	—

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 42-441-34049 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-441-34049 → 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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