TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · BRISCOE R LEASE · API 42-479-42955 · DISTRICT 01
Briscoe R #8H
Webb County · Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) field · Temp Abandoned · Horizontal
Briscoe R #8H (API 42-479-42955) is a horizontal well in Webb County operated by SM Energy Company, completed November 5, 2020 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2024.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 6, 2014, permitted to 7,527 ft.
Completion filings report 11 formation tops, including Wilcox, Escondido, Olmos, Eagle Ford.
Its lease has reported 47.8K barrels of oil and 2.86M mcf of gas since January 2015, last reporting volume in November 2024.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,485
- Phone
- (303) 861-8140
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | SM Energy Company |
| Production reports | SM Energy Companythrough Nov 2024 |
| Latest permit | SM Energy CompanyAug 6, 2014 |
- 7,527
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 6, 2014
- last permit issued
- Nov 5, 2020
- completed
- 47.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.86M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JAN 2015 THROUGH NOV 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 5, 2020
- Shut in
- Dec 1, 2024
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briscoe R G-1-279088 | Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) | SM Energy Company | 1 | 47.8K | 2.86M | Jan 2015 – Nov 2024 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 8,808(-100%)
Wells named Briscoe R
SM Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Webb County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1SM Energy CompanyJan 2015 → Nov 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 789275-99 | Drill | SM Energy Company | Jun 11, 2014 | Aug 6, 2014 | Sep 5, 2014 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2020 | Briscoe R G-1-279088 | Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) | SM Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 2024 | 7,527 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 636 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxWILCOX - INJECTION/DISPOSAL | 1,460 | -824 |
| EscondidoESCONDITO - INJECTION/DISPOSAL; | 2,843 | -2,207 |
| OlmosOLMOS - INJECTION/DISPOSAL | 4,219 | -3,583 |
| Eagle FordEAGLE FORD SHALE | 7,462 | -6,826 |
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA-FRIO - INJECTION/DISPO | — | — |
| Cook Mountain | — | — |
| EdwardsEDWARDS LIMESTONE - H2S | — | — |
| JacksonJACKSON - INJECTION/DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Queen CityQUEEN CITY - INJECTION/DISPOSAL; | — | — |
| SligoSLIGO - H2S | — | — |
| YeguaYEGUA - INJECTION/DISPOSAL | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,152 | 14,649 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,605 | 13.5 | 1,120 S |
| 5.5 | 14,831 | 8.75 | 2,590 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 20, 2021 | Oct 6, 2021 | — |
| 00 | Sep 17, 2021 | Aug 12, 2021 | — |
| 00 | Nov 23, 2020 | Nov 20, 2020 | — |
| 00 | Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 10, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Mar 17, 2016 | May 13, 2015 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 8, 2016 | — | — |
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 42-479-42955 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-42955 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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