WELL · 42-475-34601 · DISTRICT 8
Soft Tail #1
Ward County · Block 17 Southeast (Delaware) field · Vertical
Soft Tail #1 (API 42-475-34601) is a plugged well in Ward County, plugged October 28, 2025, last operated by Mcgee Drilling Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued August 2, 1999, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Roca Resource Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Mcgee Drilling Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rustler, Bell Canyon, Cherry Canyon.
Its 2 leases have reported 209K barrels of oil and 1.25M mcf of gas since November 1999, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Roca Resource Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 5 permits on file · (432) 685-7736
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | McGee Drilling Corporation |
| Production reports | McGee Drilling Corporationthrough Sep 2025 |
| Latest permit | Roca Resource Company, Inc.Aug 2, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Aug 2, 1999
- last permit issued
- Nov 17, 1999
- completed
- 209K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.25M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1999 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 17, 1999
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 28, 2025
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft Tail O-10-36537 | Block 17, Southeast (Delaware) | McGee Drilling Corporation | 3 | 209K | 330K | Dec 2000 – Jul 2026 |
| Soft Tail G-10-175680 | Block 17, Southeast (Delaware) | McGee Drilling Corporation | 1 | 0 | 919K | Nov 1999 – Aug 2025 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 396 · prior 12 567(-30%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 68(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Roca Resource Company, Inc.Nov 1999 → Dec 2002
- 2McGee Drilling CorporationJan 2003 → Sep 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486273-98 | Drill | Roca Resource Company, Inc. | Jan 3, 2000 | Aug 2, 1999 | — | 8,180 |
| 486273-99 | Drill | Roca Resource Company, Inc. | Jul 30, 1999 | Aug 2, 1999 | Sep 1, 1999 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-10-175680 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-36537 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,703 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rustler | 1,145 | 1,558 |
| Bell Canyon | 4,966 | -2,263 |
| Cherry Canyon | 5,880 | -3,177 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,288 | 6,332 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.75 | 1,126 | 14.75 | 610 S |
| 8.625 | 4,825 | 11 | 700 S |
| 5.5 | 8,180 | 7.875 | 884 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 | Jun 30, 2025 | Mar 12, 2025 | — |
| 00 | Mar 24, 2000 | Dec 15, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 15, 2000 | — | — |
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 42-475-34601 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-34601 → 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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