WELL · 42-475-34561 · DISTRICT 8

Best Brine #1

Plugged

Ward County · Monahans N. (Queen) field · Vertical

Best Brine #1 (API 42-475-34561) is a plugged well in Ward County, plugged November 11, 2009, last operated by Cwo Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 6, 1998, permitted to 2,000 ft.

It was permitted by White, Cecil and has since transferred to Cwo Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Santa Rosa, Salado.

Operator of record

Cwo Inc.

Permitted by White, Cecil; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Monahans, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · (432) 631-2317

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Cwo Inc.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	White, CecilApr 6, 1998

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

2,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 6, 1998: last permit issued
Sep 8, 1998: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1998 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Sep 8, 1998
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 11, 2009

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
Best Brine O-10-35917	Monahans, N. (Queen)	Cwo, Inc.	3	0	0	Dec 1998 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
475012-99	Drill	White, Cecil	Apr 3, 1998	Apr 6, 1998	Jun 8, 1998	2,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-35917	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 12 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Santa RosaSANTA ROSA AQUIFER	500	-488
Salado	1,940	-1,928

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
1,020	1,940	Open hole

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	512	12.25	250 S
7	1,020	8.75	165 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	Jan 28, 1999	Sep 17, 1998	—
00	Dec 28, 1998	—	—

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 42-475-34561 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-475-34561 → 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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0: bbl, last 12 reported months
0: bbl, all reported
—: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000091642	UIC Permit	Plugged Nov 18, 2009	490	475	1,020–1,940

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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