WELL · 42-025-31180 · DISTRICT 2

Dirks-McKenzie #15

Plugged

Bee County · Dirks field · Vertical

Dirks-Mckenzie #15 (API 42-025-31180) is a plugged well in Bee County, plugged October 25, 2000, last operated by Stark Petroleum.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 22, 1979, permitted to 4,200 ft.

It was permitted by Northern Pump Company and has since transferred to Stark Petroleum on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 4.79K barrels of oil and 2.15K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2003.

Operator of record

Stark Petroleum

Permitted by Northern Pump Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Tuleta, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Stark Petroleum
Production reports	A T M Corporationthrough Nov 1997
Latest permit	Northern Pump CompanyOct 22, 1979

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

4,200: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 22, 1979: last permit issued
Feb 27, 1980: completed
4.79K: cumulative oil, bbl
2.15K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 27, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Oct 25, 2000

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Dirks-McKenzie O-2-5874	Dirks	Stark Petroleum	1	4.79K	2.15K	Jan 1993 – Aug 2003

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.

1Chesnutt Oil & Gas, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1993
2R B OilJan 1994 → May 1994
3Carotex Energy, Inc.Jun 1994 → Oct 1996
4A T M CorporationDec 1996 → Nov 1997

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
61434-99	Drill	Northern Pump Company	Oct 22, 1979	Oct 22, 1979	—	4,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-2-5874	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,835	3,840	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	209	12.25	140 S
2.375	3,824	—	—
4.5	3,957	7.875	595 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	Jan 12, 1984	Mar 12, 1980	—

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 42-025-31180 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-025-31180 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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