WELL · 42-475-33734 · DISTRICT 8
Americas #2
Ward County · Payton (5950) field · Vertical
Americas #2 (API 42-475-33734) is a plugged well in Ward County, plugged July 15, 2015, last operated by Vanguard Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 24, 1986, permitted to 7,500 ft.
It was permitted by Three-B Oil Company, The and has since transferred to Vanguard Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Yates, Seven Rivers, Queens, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 39.4K barrels of oil and 347K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2016. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Three-B Oil Company, The; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 28, 2018
- Permits on file
- 4
- Phone
- (832) 327-2255
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Vanguard Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Eagle Rock Operating Company,llcthrough Jul 2013 |
| Latest permit | Three-B Oil Company, TheFeb 24, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 24, 1986
- last permit issued
- Mar 15, 1986
- completed
- 39.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 347K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2016
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 15, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 15, 2015
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americas O-10-31093 | Payton (5950) | Vanguard Operating, LLC | 2 | 39.4K | 347K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2016 |
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.
- 1Three-B Oil Company, TheJan 1993 → Feb 2005
- 2Stanolind Operating Corp.Mar 2005 → Apr 2008
- 3Eagle Rock Operating Company,llcMay 2008 → Mar 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 298320-99 | Drill | Three-B Oil Company, The | Feb 18, 1986 | Feb 24, 1986 | — | 7,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-31093 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,419 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1,940 | 479 |
| Seven Rivers7 RIVERS | 2,143 | 276 |
| Queens | 2,334 | 85 |
| San Andres | 2,645 | -226 |
| GlorietaGLORIETTA | 3,790 | -1,371 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 4,084 | -1,665 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,568 | 6,151 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 615 | 11 | 285 S |
| 7 | 6,210 | 8.5 | 1,690 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 | Mar 17, 1987 | Feb 26, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Mar 11, 1987 | — | — |
| 00 | May 2, 1986 | Apr 15, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | May 1, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-475-33734 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-33734 → 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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