WELL · 42-497-35166 · DISTRICT 9
Champion A #5
Wise County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Vertical
Champion A #5 (API 42-497-35166) is a permitted well in Wise County filed by Seely Oil CO.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 3, 2003, permitted to 8,100 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Caddo, Atoka, Barnett.
Operator of record
Fort Worth, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 153 permits on file · (817) 992-1737
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Seely Oil Company |
| Production reports | Briley Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2024 |
| Latest permit | Seely Oil Co.Jan 3, 2003 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 3, 2003
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 317K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2003 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion A G-13-194059 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | Briley Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 | 317K | Mar 2003 – Jul 2026 |
| Champion "A" G-13-194044 | Newark, East (Barnett Shale) | Seely Oil Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mar 2003 – Jun 2003 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Seely Oil CompanyMar 2003 → Jul 2006
- 2Williams Prod. Gulf Coast, L.P.Aug 2006 → Jan 2012
- 3WPX Energy Gulf Coast, LPFeb 2012 → May 2012
- 4Premier Natural Resources Ii,llcJun 2012 → Feb 2015
- 5Trinity River Energy Oper, LLCMar 2015 → May 2017
- 6Briley Operating, LLCJun 2017 → Apr 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 526827-99 | Drill | Seely Oil Co. | Dec 31, 2002 | Jan 3, 2003 | Jan 25, 2003 | 8,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-13-194044 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-13-194059 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 980 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,434 | 7,490 | Perforated |
| 7,738 | 7,998 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.25 | 756 | 12.25 | 440 S |
| 5.5 | 8,058 | 7.875 | 200 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 24, 2003 | Mar 21, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | May 1, 2003 | — | — |
| 00 | Apr 30, 2003 | — | — |
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 42-497-35166 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-35166 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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