A-44, SMILEY, J Survey, Goliad County, Texas
Abstract 44 in the Original Land Survey grid. This is the description a mineral deed uses for land in this county.
The Commission files 4 different spellings of this survey’s name across the polygons that make up the abstract. The first is shown above. The abstract number is the key; the name is not.
On the ground
The abstract as the Commission draws it, on satellite imagery. The faint outlines are the neighbouring abstracts in Goliad County; click one to open it.
A pin outside the outline is normal. The Commission files the coordinate of the well’s bottom hole and the abstract of the tract where it was permitted. A horizontal well enters the ground in one survey and bottoms in the next, so about one well in five sits outside the shape it belongs to. A horizontal well’s bottom hole sits a median 2,780 m from its abstract against 877 m for a vertical one, which is a lateral’s length. The Commission also states that its coordinates are interpreted from survey boundaries and are not necessarily true geographic locations.
Wells in this abstract
| API | Well no. | Lease | Operator | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17532176 | 1 | ROBERTS | LEGACY EXPLORATION, INC. | 5,162 ft |
| 17532197 | 1 | PERKINS, J. | THOMPSON, JOHN R. OPERATING,INC. | 5,112 ft |
| 17533071 | 3 | O'BRIEN-HARKINS | C & E OPERATING, INC. | 5,000 ft |
| 17531969 | 1 | RIGBY, J.G. | THOMPSON, JOHN R. OPERATING INC. | 4,766 ft |
| 17532198 | 2 | ROBERTS | LEGACY EXPLORATION, INC. | 4,750 ft |
| 17532041 | 1 | MCGUILL, ALINE | THOMPSON, JOHN R. OPER. INC. | 4,660 ft |
5 of 6 leases are not linked. Texas files 516,445 leases and gives a page only to the 327,776 that ever reported a volume, so a lease can be named on a well and have no record to open. The well IS on that lease either way. The operator is linked from the lease, so a well without a lease page carries no operator link either.
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