PERMITS · 904420-99 · DISTRICT 10

Drill: UL Army South BB #2TB

Spudded

Vital Energy, Inc. · Ward County · Horizontal · Final completion

Dec 5, 2024: issued
11,500: permitted depth, ft
42-475-38890: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA DEC 5, 2024 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

Dec 4, 2024Received · Application received by the RRC
Dec 5, 2024Issued · Permit approved
Feb 2, 2025Spud · Drilling began
Apr 26, 2025Well status · Final completion
Dec 5, 2026Expires · Unless drilled or extended before then

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Surface location

Acres: 1,441.58
Nearest town: 11.1 mi NE of Barstow
Coordinates: 31.61345, -103.33041

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Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
904420-99	Dec 4, 2024	A	Vital Energy, Inc.	UL Army South BB #2TB

About this data

W-1 drilling permit from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, refreshed every business day. Surface coordinates come from the daily file only. Amendments appear as sequence numbers on the same permit; the lowest is current.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/permits/tx/904420, documented in the API reference.