WELL · 42-003-36893 · DISTRICT 8

Bitler Deep #1

Plugged

Andrews County · Fullerton North (Ellenburger) field  · Vertical

Bitler Deep #1 (API 42-003-36893) is a plugged well in Andrews County, plugged January 9, 2009, last operated by Scythian Ltd..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 20, 1991, permitted to 10,500 ft.

It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Scythian Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including San Andres, Clear Fork, Wichita-Albany, Devonian.

Its lease has reported 329K barrels of oil and 23.5K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2018. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Scythian Ltd.

Permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 7 permits on file · (432) 559-3870

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleScythian Ltd.
Production reportsScythian, Ltd.through Jan 2009
Latest permitPhillips Petroleum CompanyFeb 20, 1991

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

10,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Feb 20, 1991
last permit issued
Oct 4, 1992
completed
329K
cumulative oil, bbl
23.5K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2018

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 4, 1992
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jan 9, 2009

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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Bitler Deep O-10-33150Fullerton, North (Ellenburger)Scythian, Ltd.4329K23.5KJan 1993 – Dec 2018

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Sep 1998
  2. 2Scythian, Ltd.Oct 1998 → Jan 2009

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
384711-98DrillPhillips Petroleum CompanyMar 21, 1991Feb 20, 1991Mar 23, 199110,500
384711-99DrillPhillips Petroleum CompanyFeb 15, 1991Feb 20, 1991—10,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-33150————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,335 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
San Andres4,318-983
Clear Fork6,142-2,807
Clear ForkCLEARFORK6,142-2,807
Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA ALBANY7,010-3,675
Devonian8,178-4,843
McKee9,570-6,235
Ellenburger9,836-6,501

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,8229,840Open hole
9,8229,855Open hole

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37534417.5450 S
8.6254,900111,600 S
8.6259,8227.8751,335 S
5.59,8227.875660 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
00Dec 23, 1992Oct 23, 1992—
00Jun 5, 1991May 14, 1991Yes
00May 22, 1991——

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) 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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