WELL · 42-495-33847 · DISTRICT 8
Francis Drake #2
Winkler County · Monahans North (Clearfork) field · Producing · Vertical
Francis Drake #2 (API 42-495-33847) is a well in Winkler County operated by Blackbeard Operating LLC, completed November 13, 2021 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 24, 2017, permitted to 5,916 ft.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Yates, Queen, San Andres, Glorieta.
Its lease has reported 326K barrels of oil and 1.31M mcf of gas since July 2017, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- 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 schedule | Blackbeard Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Blackbeard Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Blackbeard Operating, LLCApr 24, 2017 |
- 5,916
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 24, 2017
- last permit issued
- Nov 13, 2021
- completed
- 326K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.31M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2017 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 13, 2021
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Drake O-10-49353 | Monahans, North (Clearfork) | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | 5 | 326K | 1.31M | Jul 2017 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 86,844 · prior 12 107,863(-19%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 12,891 · prior 12 17,426(-26%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Blackbeard Operating, LLCJul 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 825490-99 | Drill | Blackbeard Operating, LLC | Apr 13, 2017 | Apr 24, 2017 | Sep 12, 2017 | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 2021 | Francis Drake O-10-49353 | Monahans North (Clearfork) | Blackbeard Operating LLC | Producing | 5,916 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,774 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,471 | 303 |
| QueenQUEEN-SEVEN RIVERS | 3,479 | -705 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES - HIGH FLOWS, H2S, CO | 3,854 | -1,080 |
| Glorieta | 5,027 | -2,253 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 5,253 | -2,479 |
| Colby-Queen | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — |
| Holt | — | — |
| RustlerRUSTLER - POSSIBLE FLOW; POSSIBL | — | — |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA ALBANY | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,274 | 5,600 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 766 | 11 | 460 S |
| 5.5 | 5,912 | 7.875 | 883 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 | Jul 1, 2025 | Jun 12, 2025 | — |
| 00 | Apr 20, 2018 | Apr 9, 2018 | Yes |
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 42-495-33847 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-33847 → 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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