TEXAS · WELLS · WINKLER COUNTY · SEALY SMITH FOUNDATION LEASE · API 42-495-30994 · DISTRICT 7B
Sealy Smith Foundation #161
Winkler County · Monahans E. (Penn. Lo.) field · Vertical
Sealy Smith Foundation #161 (API 42-495-30994) is a plugged well in Winkler County, plugged September 22, 2006, last operated by Occidental Permian Ltd..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 16, 1978, permitted to 9,500 ft.
It was permitted by Shell Oil Company and has since transferred to Occidental Permian Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.64K barrels of oil and 49.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Shell Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Permits on file
- 6,251
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Occidental Permian Ltd. |
| Production reports | Occidental Permian Ltd.through Apr 1999 |
| Latest permit | Shell Oil CompanyOct 16, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 16, 1978
- last permit issued
- Feb 2, 1979
- completed
- 3.64K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 49.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 1999
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 2, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 22, 2006
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sealy Smith Foundation O-10-25309 | Monahans, E. (Penn., Lo.) | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 1 | 3.64K | 49.4K | Jan 1993 – Apr 1999 |
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.
- 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1997
- 2Altura Energy Ltd.Mar 1997 → Apr 1999
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34676-99 | Drill | Shell Oil Company | Oct 16, 1978 | Oct 16, 1978 | Nov 30, 1978 | 9,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 1979 | Sealy Smith Foundation O-10-25309 | Monahans E. (Penn. Lo.) | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,074 | 9,090 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.75 | 113 | 15 | 150 S |
| 8.625 | 1,306 | 11 | 450 S |
| 2.375 | 9,025 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,700 | 9 | 700 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 13, 1979 | — |
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 42-495-30994 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-30994 → 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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