WELL · 42-501-33310 · DISTRICT 8

Walden C. J. #1

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Yoakum County · Block D South (Devonian) field · Producing  · Vertical

Walden C. J. #1 (API 42-501-33310) is a well in Yoakum County operated by Southwest Royalties Inc., completed March 23, 1988 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 8, 1987, permitted to 12,500 ft.

It was permitted by Howell Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Southwest Royalties Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Woodford, Devonian.

Its lease has reported 373K barrels of oil and 548 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Southwest Royalties Inc.

Permitted by Howell Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Midland, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jan 6, 2026
Permits on file
497
Phone
(432) 685-9038

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSouthwest Royalties Inc.
Production reportsSouthwest Royalties, Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permitHowell Petroleum CorporationDec 8, 1987

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

12,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Dec 8, 1987
last permit issued
Mar 23, 1988
completed
373K
cumulative oil, bbl
548
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 23, 1988
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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
Walden, C. J. O-11-66194Block D, South (Devonian)Southwest Royalties, Inc.1373K548Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 1,402 · prior 12 331(+324%)

0100200300202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Howell Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Mar 1996
  2. 2Browning Oil Company, Inc.Apr 1996 → Jul 2003
  3. 3Nordstrand Engineering, Inc.Aug 2003 → Mar 2010
  4. 4Blue Ridge Resources, LLCMay 2010 → Aug 2013
  5. 5Desert Production, Inc.Sep 2013 → Sep 2020
  6. 6Southwest Royalties, Inc.Oct 2020 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
339786-98DrillHowell Petroleum CorporationDec 28, 1987Dec 8, 1987Jan 14, 198812,500
339786-99DrillHowell Petroleum CorporationDec 7, 1987Dec 8, 1987—12,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-11-66194————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →

FormationMD ft
WoodfordWOODFORD SHALE11,836
Devonian11,950

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,95011,970Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37547017.5475 S
8.6255,80012.253,194 S
5.511,9717.8751,940 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
00Jun 14, 1988May 11, 1988Yes
00Jun 9, 1988——

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). 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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