WELL · 42-495-31205 · DISTRICT 8
Ten Bears -A- #1
Winkler County · Cheyenne (Capitan) field · Vertical
Ten Bears -A- #1 (API 42-495-31205) is a plugged well in Winkler County, plugged October 4, 2011, last operated by Whiting Oil And Gas Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 15, 1980, permitted to 3,750 ft.
It was permitted by Gifford, Mitchell & Wisenbaker and has since transferred to Whiting Oil And Gas Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.93K barrels of oil and 6.23K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2012.
Operator of record
Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation
Permitted by Gifford, Mitchell & Wisenbaker; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 2,092 permits on file · (432) 934-7212
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation |
| Production reports | Whiting Oil and Gas Corporationthrough Oct 2005 |
| Latest permit | Gifford, Mitchell & WisenbakerMay 15, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,750
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 15, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jul 15, 1980
- completed
- 1.93K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 6.23K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 15, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 4, 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ten Bears -A- O-10-26007 | Cheyenne (Capitan) | Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation | 1 | 1.93K | 6.23K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2012 |
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.
- 1Texas Vanguard Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Jul 1994
- 2Smith & Marrs Inc.Aug 1994 → Aug 2002
- 3BC Operating, Inc.Oct 2002 → Dec 2003
- 4Celero Energy, L.P.Dec 2004 → Dec 2004
- 5Whiting Oil and Gas CorporationOct 2005 → Oct 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81267-99 | Drill | Gifford, Mitchell & Wisenbaker | May 15, 1980 | May 15, 1980 | Jun 13, 1980 | 3,750 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-26007 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,360 | 3,444 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,376 | 12.25 | 1,125 S |
| 5.5 | 3,490 | 7.875 | 500 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 | Jul 22, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-495-31205 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-31205 → 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.
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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