TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · KING SOUTH U-0515 LEASE · API 42-461-39498 · DISTRICT 7B
King South U-0515 #5H
Upton County · McElroy field · Horizontal
King South U-0515 #5H (API 42-461-39498) is a plugged horizontal well in Upton County, plugged April 27, 2016, last operated by Apache Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued June 11, 2014, permitted to 4,200 ft.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Yates, Grayburg, Devonian, Ellenburger.
Its lease has reported 1.42K barrels of oil and 94 mcf of gas since January 2015, last reporting in February 2019. The lease carries 3 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
- 9,757
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Sep 2015 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationJun 11, 2014 |
- 4,200
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 11, 2014
- last permit issued
- Jan 25, 2015
- completed
- 1.42K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 94
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2015 THROUGH Feb 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 25, 2015
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 27, 2016
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King South U-0515 O-10-46612 | McElroy | Apache Corporation | 3 | 1.42K | 94 | Jan 2015 – Feb 2019 |
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.
- 1Apache CorporationJan 2015 → Sep 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 786660-98 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Oct 1, 2014 | Jun 11, 2014 | Nov 18, 2014 | 4,200 |
| 786660-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | May 9, 2014 | Jun 11, 2014 | Nov 18, 2014 | 3,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2015 | King South U-0515 O-10-46612 | McElroy | Apache Corporation | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,106 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,406 | 700 |
| Grayburg | 3,213 | -107 |
| Devonian | — | — |
| Ellenburger | — | — |
| Fusselman | — | — |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - SALTWATER FLOW | — | — |
| Spraberry | — | — |
| Strawn | — | — |
| Wolfcamp | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,587 | 8,419 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,619 | 17.5 | 1,245 S |
| 8.625 | 3,768 | 11 | 885 S |
| 5.5 | 8,520 | 7.875 | 1,025 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 | Aug 13, 2015 | May 26, 2015 | 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 42-461-39498 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-39498 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/46139498, documented in the API reference.