WELL · 42-461-32472 · DISTRICT 7
Ara #16
Upton County · McCamey field · Producing · Vertical
Ara #16 (API 42-461-32472) is a well in Upton County operated by Cardwell Oil Corporation, completed November 1, 1985 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 12, 1985, permitted to 3,000 ft.
It was permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Cardwell Oil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Grayburg.
Its lease has reported 70.5K barrels of oil and 53.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 16 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mitchell Energy Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 3 permits on file · (432) 238-1819
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Cardwell Oil Corporation |
| Production reports | Cardwell Oil Corporationthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mitchell Energy CorporationSep 12, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 12, 1985
- last permit issued
- Nov 1, 1985
- completed
- 70.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 53.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 1, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 16 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ara O-9-9409 | McCamey | Cardwell Oil Corporation | 16 | 70.5K | 53.7K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 229 · prior 12 473(-52%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Cardwell Oil CorporationJan 1993 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284881-99 | Drill | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Sep 11, 1985 | Sep 12, 1985 | Oct 14, 1985 | 3,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-9409 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,518 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Grayburg | 2,160 | 358 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,160 | 2,372 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 482 | 11 | 190 S |
| 4.5 | 2,408 | 7.875 | 615 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 | Dec 5, 1985 | Nov 19, 1985 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 28, 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 42-461-32472 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-32472 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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