TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · BRENDA DORCUS (SA) A LEASE · API 42-461-40403 · DISTRICT 6E
Brenda Dorcus (SA) A #3640LS
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Producing · Horizontal
Brenda Dorcus (SA) A #3640LS (API 42-461-40403) is a horizontal well in Upton County operated by SM Energy Company, completed February 4, 2017 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued August 12, 2016, permitted to 8,990 ft.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Yates, Grayburg, San Andres, Spraberry.
Its lease has reported 452K barrels of oil and 703K mcf of gas since February 2017, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- 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 | SM Energy CompanyAug 12, 2016 |
- 8,990
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Aug 12, 2016
- last permit issued
- Feb 4, 2017
- completed
- 452K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 703K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2017 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 4, 2017
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Dorcus (SA) A O-9-19505 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | 3 | 452K | 703K | Feb 2017 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 43,346 · prior 12 47,834(-9%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 111,494 · prior 12 65,575(+70%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1SM Energy CompanyFeb 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 817699-98 | Drill | SM Energy Company | Sep 19, 2016 | Aug 12, 2016 | Aug 21, 2016 | 11,000 |
| 817699-99 | Drill | SM Energy Company | Aug 11, 2016 | Aug 12, 2016 | Aug 21, 2016 | 10,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2017 | Brenda Dorcus (SA) A O-9-19505 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | SM Energy Company | Producing | 8,990 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,887 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 3,000 | -113 |
| Grayburg | 4,595 | -1,708 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - SALTWATER FLOW | 4,914 | -2,027 |
| Spraberry | 7,095 | -4,208 |
| Devonian | — | — |
| Ellenburger | — | — |
| Fusselman | — | — |
| Strawn | — | — |
| Wolfcamp | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,335 | 17,046 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 457 | 17.5 | 510 S |
| 9.625 | 7,385 | 12.25 | 677 S |
| 5.5 | 17,076 | 8.5 | 1,845 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 10, 2017 | Apr 4, 2017 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, 1 of it with a digital LAS file, the latest received Oct 21, 2019. Resistivity. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ResistivitySpans Spraberry | LAS + TIFF | 7,381 to 10,848 | Oct 21, 2019 | 0.82 + 1.60 |
"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 42-461-40403 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-40403 → 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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