TEXAS · WELLS · WICHITA COUNTY · SMITH, JAMES K. LEASE · API 42-485-35912 · DISTRICT 7C
Smith James K. #23S
Wichita County · Wichita County Regular field · Vertical
Smith James K. #23S (API 42-485-35912) is a plugged well in Wichita County, plugged July 19, 2002, last operated by Bucaro Energy LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 5, 1979, permitted to 800 ft.
It was permitted by Smith Production CO. and has since transferred to Bucaro Energy LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 20.8K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 23 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Smith Production Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 14, 2025
- Phone
- (832) 490-6882
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bucaro Energy LLC |
| Production reports | Bucaro Energy LLCthrough Jan 2026 |
| Latest permit | Smith Production Co.Nov 5, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 5, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jun 23, 1980
- completed
- 20.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 23, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 19, 2002
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 23 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, James K. O-13-11106 | Wichita County Regular | Bucaro Energy LLC | 23 | 20.8K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 63 · prior 12 211(-70%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Smith Production Co.Jan 1993 → Apr 2021
- 2S&G Oil LLCOct 2021 → Dec 2025
- 3Bucaro Energy LLCJan 2026 → Jan 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63049-99 | Drill | Smith Production Co. | Nov 5, 1979 | Nov 5, 1979 | — | 800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 1980 | Smith James K. O-13-11106 | Wichita County Regular | Bucaro Energy LLC | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 698 | 707 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 700 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 737 | 6.75 | 115 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 12, 1984 | Jan 5, 1981 | — |
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 42-485-35912 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-485-35912 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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