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Sealy-Smith Foundation -M- #1

Plugged

Winkler County · Paladin (Penn.) field  · Vertical

Sealy-Smith Foundation -M- #1 (API 42-495-31115) is a plugged well in Winkler County, plugged June 13, 2024, last operated by Blackbeard Operating LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 5, 1979, permitted to 9,800 ft.

It was permitted by Gulf Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Blackbeard Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 24.9K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2024.

Operator of record

Blackbeard Operating LLC

Permitted by Gulf Oil Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Fort Worth, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Oct 2, 2025
Permits on file
2,263
Phone
(432) 242-0050

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBlackbeard Operating LLC
Production reportsBlackbeard Operating, LLCthrough Mar 2024
Latest permitGulf Oil Corp.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.

9,800
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Nov 5, 1979
last permit issued
Feb 27, 1980
completed
24.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
21
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2024

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 27, 1980
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 13, 2024

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Sealy-Smith Foundation -M- O-10-25882Paladin (Penn.)Blackbeard Operating, LLC124.9K21Jan 1993 – Aug 2024

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

050100202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Simpson Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 2004
  2. 2Simpson Oil LLCNov 2004 → Jan 2008
  3. 3Great Basin Petroleum Serv, L.P.Feb 2008 → Jul 2008
  4. 4Great Basin Well Service Corp.Aug 2008 → Oct 2022
  5. 5Blackbeard Operating, LLCNov 2022 → Mar 2024

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
62944-99DrillGulf Oil Corp.Nov 5, 1979Nov 5, 1979Nov 17, 19799,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Feb 27, 1980Sealy-Smith Foundation -M- O-10-25882Paladin (Penn.)Blackbeard Operating LLCPlugged—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,4308,872Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,09312.25500 S
2.8758,903——
5.59,3997.8752,175 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jan 12, 1984Apr 17, 1980—

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.

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.

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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