WELL · 42-495-02237 · DISTRICT 8
Howe #7
Winkler County · Kermit field · Vertical
Howe #7 (API 42-495-02237) is a plugged well in Winkler County, plugged January 21, 2025, last operated by Unitex Oil & Gas L.L.C..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 14, 2011, permitted to 2,986 ft.
It was permitted by Walsh & Watts, Inc. and has since transferred to Unitex Oil & Gas L.L.C. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Red Bed, Anhydrite, Yates.
Its lease has reported 116K barrels of oil and 548K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 19 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Walsh & Watts, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 1, 2026
- Permits on file
- 96
- Phone
- (432) 685-0014
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Unitex Oil & Gas L.L.C. |
| Production reports | Unitex Oil & Gas, L.L.C.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Walsh & Watts, Inc.Apr 14, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,986
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 14, 2011
- last permit issued
- May 11, 1952
- completed
- 116K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 548K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 11, 1952
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 21, 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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 19 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howe O-10-3204 | Kermit | Unitex Oil & Gas, L.L.C. | 19 | 116K | 548K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 3,376 · prior 12 4,045(-17%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Walsh & Watts, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 2018
- 2Unitex Oil & Gas, L.L.C.Mar 2018 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 713358-99 | Reclass | Walsh & Watts, Inc. | Apr 1, 2011 | Apr 14, 2011 | May 12, 1936 | 2,986 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-3204 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,893 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Red Bed | 485 | 2,408 |
| Anhydrite | 861 | 2,032 |
| Yates | 2,759 | 134 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,759 | 2,981 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 507 | 12.75 | 200 S |
| 5.5 | 2,759 | 6.75 | 200 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 | Dec 30, 2015 | Oct 3, 2011 | — |
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 42-495-02237 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-02237 → 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
- 377
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 377K
- bbl, all reported
- Aug 2024
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000103720 | H-1 Injection | Plugged Feb 5, 2025 | 85 | 1,379 | 2,759–2,981 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 377 · prior 12 14,232(-97%)
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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