TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · MCELROY 137 LEASE · API 42-461-37846 · DISTRICT 6E
McElroy 137 #1
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing · Vertical
Mcelroy 137 #1 (API 42-461-37846) is a well in Upton County operated by Apache Corporation, completed April 4, 2012 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 21, 2012, permitted to 10,980 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Strawn.
Its lease has reported 263K barrels of oil and 1.31M mcf of gas since April 2012, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,758
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationJan 21, 2012 |
- 10,980
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 21, 2012
- last permit issued
- Apr 4, 2012
- completed
- 263K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.31M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2012 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 4, 2012
- Shut in
- —
- 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.
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McElroy 137 O-9-18015 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | 5 | 263K | 1.31M | Apr 2012 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 54,081 · prior 12 56,671(-5%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 4,440 · prior 12 4,820(-8%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Apache CorporationApr 2012 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 731593-98 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Feb 21, 2013 | Jan 21, 2012 | Feb 21, 2012 | 11,100 |
| 731593-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Jan 13, 2012 | Jan 21, 2012 | Feb 21, 2012 | 11,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2012 | McElroy 137 O-9-18015 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Apache Corporation | Producing | 10,980 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,744 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,032 | 9,765 | Perforated |
| 9,859 | 10,834 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 464 | 17.5 | 465 S |
| 8.625 | 5,108 | 11 | 1,225 S |
| 5.5 | 10,980 | 7.875 | 830 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 2, 2013 | Sep 28, 2012 | Yes |
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 42-461-37846 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-37846 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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