WELL · 42-475-33745 · DISTRICT 8

Smith, Sealy Foundation #266

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Ward County  · Vertical

Smith, Sealy Foundation #266 (API 42-475-33745) is a permitted well in Ward County filed by Shell Western E&P Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1986 and 1995, permitted to 5,800 ft.

Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Base Red Bed, Red Beds, Yates, Seven Rivers.

Its lease has reported 4.66M barrels of oil and 5.39M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 260 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Shell Western E&P Inc.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Sep 16, 1999
Permits on file
2,528
Phone
(281) 544-3215

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsOccidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Mar 8, 1995
5,800
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Mar 8, 1995
last permit issued
—
completed
4.66M
cumulative oil, bbl
5.39M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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 260 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Sealy Smith Foundation O-10-4403Monahans (Clear Fork)Occidental Permian Ltd.2604.66M5.39MJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 31,987 · prior 12 25,009(+28%)

02K4K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 48,290 · prior 12 41,806(+16%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1997
  2. 2Altura Energy Ltd.Mar 1997 → Apr 2000
  3. 3Occidental Permian Ltd.May 2000 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
433520-99RecompletionShell Western E&P Inc.Mar 6, 1995Mar 8, 1995—5,800
304528-99DrillShell Western E&P Inc.Jul 21, 1986Jul 24, 1986—5,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-4403————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,705 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Base Red Bed7771,928
Red Beds7771,928
Yates2,207498
Seven Rivers2,478227
Queen2,954-249
San Andres3,496-791
Glorieta4,595-1,890

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,5355,184Perforated
4,8125,171Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37514917.25240 S
8.62593512.25725 S
5.55,3067.8751,575 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 17, 1989Apr 24, 1989—
00Dec 18, 1986Dec 2, 1986Yes
00Dec 11, 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.

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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