WELL · 42-475-31712 · DISTRICT 8
State WZ #1
Ward County · Caprito (Delaware Middle) field · Vertical
State WZ #1 (API 42-475-31712) is a plugged well in Ward County, plugged September 19, 2013, last operated by Cimarex Energy CO. Of Colorado.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 13, 1978, permitted to 6,800 ft.
It was permitted by Gulf Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Cimarex Energy CO. Of Colorado on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 83K barrels of oil and 394K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in April 2017. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado
Permitted by Gulf Oil Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 28, 2025
- Permits on file
- 476
- Phone
- (432) 571-7800
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado |
| Production reports | Cimarex Energy Co. of Coloradothrough Jan 2013 |
| Latest permit | Gulf Oil Corp.Feb 13, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 13, 1978
- last permit issued
- Aug 18, 2008
- completed
- 83K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 394K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2017
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 18, 2008
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 19, 2013
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State "WZ" O-10-25026 | Caprito (Delaware Middle) | Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado | 5 | 83K | 394K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2017 |
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.
- 1Merit Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Jul 1996
- 2Vista Resources, Inc. (A)Aug 1996 → Feb 2000
- 3Prize Operating CompanyMar 2000 → Mar 2002
- 4Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Apr 2002 → Apr 2006
- 5Cimarex Energy Co. of ColoradoMay 2006 → Jan 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18105-99 | Drill | Gulf Oil Corp. | Feb 13, 1978 | Feb 13, 1978 | Apr 7, 1978 | 6,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-25026 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,012 | 6,258 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 40 | 18 | — |
| 8.625 | 2,414 | 12.25 | 988 S |
| 5.5 | 6,599 | 7.875 | 1,160 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 | Apr 16, 2012 | Feb 18, 2011 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 15, 1978 | — |
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 42-475-31712 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-31712 → 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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