TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · FRANCES LEASE · API 42-461-35885 · DISTRICT 6E
Frances #2601
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Frances #2601 (API 42-461-35885) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged August 14, 2023, last operated by SM Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 6, 2008, permitted to 10,500 ft.
It was permitted by ST. Mary Land & Exploration CO. and has since transferred to SM Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp.
Its lease has reported 503K barrels of oil and 1.44M mcf of gas since November 2008, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 9 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,485
- Phone
- (303) 861-8140
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | SM Energy Company |
| Production reports | SM Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.Jun 6, 2008 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 6, 2008
- last permit issued
- Apr 23, 2019
- completed
- 503K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.44M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 2008 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 23, 2019
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 14, 2023
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 9 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances O-9-16849 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | 9 | 503K | 1.44M | Nov 2008 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 11,726 · prior 12 6,006(+95%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 23,548 · prior 12 26,258(-10%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1St. Mary Land & Exploration Co.Nov 2008 → Jun 2010
- 2SM Energy CompanyJul 2010 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 662249-99 | Drill | St. Mary Land & Exploration Co. | May 16, 2008 | Jun 6, 2008 | Jul 22, 2008 | 10,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2019 | Frances O-9-16849 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,908 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 4,783 | -1,875 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 7,126 | -4,218 |
| Spraberry | 7,826 | -4,918 |
| Wolfcamp | 9,205 | -6,297 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,940 | 8,060 | Perforated |
| 8,250 | 8,425 | Perforated |
| 9,275 | 9,460 | Perforated |
| 9,595 | 10,030 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 412 | 12.25 | 205 S |
| 7 | 5,537 | 8.75 | 1,220 S |
| 4.5 | 10,435 | 6.25 | 485 S |
| 4.5 | — | 6.25 | 330 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 | May 21, 2019 | Apr 26, 2019 | — |
| 00 | Mar 19, 2009 | Jan 15, 2009 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 7, 2009 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Oct 19, 2011. Neutron. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON POROSITYSpans San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 0 to 10,316 | Oct 19, 2011run Oct 20, 2008 | 8.99 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-461-35885 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-35885 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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