WELL · 42-003-37220 · DISTRICT 8
Bitler Deep #5
Andrews County · Horizontal · Sidetrack
Bitler Deep #5 (API 42-003-37220) is a permitted horizontal well in Andrews County filed by Phillips Petroleum Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended twice) between 1993 and 1995, permitted to 10,649 ft.
Completion filings report 11 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Tubb, Wichita-Albany, Wolfcamp.
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
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 30, 2002
- Permits on file
- 2,544
- Phone
- (918) 661-6600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Scythian, Ltd.through Jan 2009 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanySep 26, 1995 |
- 10,649
- total depth, ft
- 5
- permits on file
- Sep 26, 1995
- last permit issued
- —
- 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
- —
- 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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitler Deep O-10-33150 | Fullerton, North (Ellenburger) | Scythian, Ltd. | 4 | 329K | 23.5K | Jan 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.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Sep 1998
- 2Scythian, Ltd.Oct 1998 → Jan 2009
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 440269-98 | Recompletion · sidetrack | Phillips Petroleum Company | Oct 2, 1995 | Sep 26, 1995 | — | 10,649 |
| 440269-99 | Recompletion · sidetrack | Phillips Petroleum Company | Sep 26, 1995 | Sep 26, 1995 | — | 10,649 |
| 417671-99 | Recompletion | Phillips Petroleum Company | Oct 29, 1993 | Nov 1, 1993 | Jan 31, 1994 | 9,900 |
| 409678-98 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | May 3, 1993 | Mar 9, 1993 | — | 10,100 |
| 409678-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Mar 9, 1993 | Mar 9, 1993 | Mar 14, 1993 | 10,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-33150 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,332 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 6,202 | -2,870 |
| TubbTUBB SAND | 6,600 | -3,268 |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA | 7,050 | -3,718 |
| Wolfcamp | 7,376 | -4,044 |
| Devonian | 8,243 | -4,911 |
| Silurian (undifferentiated)SILURIAN | 8,504 | -5,172 |
| Fusselman | 8,790 | -5,458 |
| Simpson | 9,450 | -6,118 |
| Connell | 9,906 | -6,574 |
| Joins | 9,928 | -6,596 |
| Ellenburger | 9,950 | -6,618 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,950 | 9,965 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,771 | 17.5 | 1,410 S |
| 8.625 | 7,548 | 11 | 2,050 S |
| 5.5 | 10,028 | 7.875 | 844 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 7, 1994 | May 17, 1994 | — |
| 00 | Jul 9, 1993 | May 27, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 25, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-003-37220 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-003-37220 → scanned completion filings
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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