WELL · 42-003-39624 · DISTRICT 8

Lowe Bitler Unit #40

Shut in

Andrews County · Fullerton (San Andres) field · Shut IN  · Vertical

Lowe Bitler Unit #40 (API 42-003-39624) is a well in Andrews County operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC, completed October 19, 2005 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2023.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 9, 2005, permitted to 4,860 ft.

It was permitted by Forest Oil Corporation and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Yates, Queen, San Andres.

Its lease has reported 1.93M barrels of oil and 314K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 48 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Crescent Energy Operating LLC

Permitted by Forest Oil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Aug 28, 2025
Permits on file
54
Phone
(713) 337-4600

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleCrescent Energy Operating LLC
Production reportsCrescent Energy Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitForest Oil CorporationAug 9, 2005

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

4,860
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 9, 2005
last permit issued
Oct 19, 2005
completed
1.93M
cumulative oil, bbl
314K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 19, 2005
Shut in
Dec 1, 2023
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)

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

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Lowe Bitler Unit O-10-19835Fullerton (San Andres)Crescent Energy Operating, LLC481.93M314KJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 4,036 · prior 12 3,968(+2%)

0200400600202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Kerr-McGee CorporationJan 1993 → Jan 1994
  2. 2Maynard Oil Co.Feb 1994 → Apr 2004
  3. 3Forest Oil Permian CorporationMay 2004 → Dec 2009
  4. 4Sandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCJan 2010 → Jan 2013
  5. 5Sheridan Production Company, LLCFeb 2013 → Mar 2020
  6. 6FDL Operating, LLCApr 2020 → Nov 2021
  7. 7Contango Resources, Inc.Dec 2021 → Dec 2021
  8. 8Contango Resources, LLCJan 2022 → Oct 2025
  9. 9Crescent Energy Operating, LLCNov 2025 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
603328-99DrillForest Oil CorporationJul 12, 2005Aug 9, 2005Sep 9, 20055,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 19, 2005Lowe Bitler Unit O-10-19835Fullerton (San Andres)Crescent Energy Operating LLCShut IN · shut in Dec 1, 20234,860

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,318 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Yates2,942376
Queen4,130-812
San Andres4,452-1,134

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,7044,734Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,71712.25775 S
5.54,8607.875930 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
00Feb 21, 2007Dec 16, 2005Yes
00Oct 20, 2006——

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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