TEXAS · WELLS · WINKLER COUNTY · API 42-495-03437 · DISTRICT 7B
Ernest #5
Winkler County · Kermit (McKee) field · Vertical
Ernest #5 (API 42-495-03437) is a plugged well in Winkler County, plugged August 14, 2003, last operated by Great Western Drilling Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 27, 1999, permitted to 10,500 ft.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Grayburg, Glorieta, Devonian, Fusselman.
Its 2 leases have reported 555 barrels of oil and 53K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Great Western Drilling Company
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 17, 2024
- Permits on file
- 408
- Phone
- (432) 682-5241
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Great Western Drilling Company |
| Production reports | Great Western Drilling Companythrough May 2002 |
| Latest permit | Great Western Drlg. Co.May 27, 1999 |
- 10,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 27, 1999
- last permit issued
- Jul 3, 1999
- completed
- 555
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 53K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2002
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 3, 1999
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 14, 2003
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest G-10-173962 | Kermit (McKee) | Great Western Drilling Company | 1 | 555 | 44K | Jul 1999 – May 2002 |
| Ernest G-10-20321 | Kermit, South (Devonian-Oil) | Great Western Drilling Company | 1 | 0 | 9.01K | Jan 1993 – Jul 1993 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Southwest Royalties, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Great Western Drilling CompanyJul 1999 → Apr 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484702-99 | Recompletion | Great Western Drlg. Co. | May 21, 1999 | May 27, 1999 | Jun 1, 1999 | 10,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 1999 | Ernest G-10-173962 | Kermit (McKee) | Great Western Drilling Company | Plugged | — |
| Jan 30, 1958 | Ernest G-10-20321 | Kermit South (Devonian-Oil) | Great Western Drilling Company | Plugged | — |
| — | — O-10-14804 | Kermit (Ellenburger) | Phillips Petroleum Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,911 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,950 | 10,030 | Perforated |
| — | 10,629 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 308 | — | 775 S |
| 9.625 | 3,880 | — | 828 S |
| 2 | 8,115 | — | — |
| 7 | 10,641 | 8.75 | 915 S |
| 7 | 10,641 | — | — |
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 | Sep 24, 1999 | Jul 30, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 2, 1999 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-495-03437 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-03437 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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