WELL · 42-039-03962 · DISTRICT 3
Old Ocean Unit #81
Brazoria County · Old Ocean (F-10) field · Vertical
Old Ocean Unit #81 (API 42-039-03962) is a permitted well in Brazoria County filed by Hilcorp Energy Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1983 and 1999, permitted to 11,000 ft.
It was permitted by Hilcorp Energy Company and has since transferred to Amoco Production CO.-Alvin on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hilcorp Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Sweeny, TX · P-5 Y · 74 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Amoco Production Co.-Alvin |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Hilcorp Energy CompanyAug 23, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Aug 23, 1999
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 10.3M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Ocean Unit G-3-175016 | Old Ocean (Larsen) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 9.46M | Oct 1999 – Jul 2026 |
| Old Ocean Unit G-3-109084 | Old Ocean (F- 8) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 866K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2000 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 211,154 · prior 12 173,401(+22%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 1998
- 2Hilcorp Energy CompanyMay 1998 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 486894-99 | Recompletion | Hilcorp Energy Company | Aug 23, 1999 | Aug 23, 1999 | Aug 28, 1999 | 11,000 |
| 220761-99 | Recompletion | Amoco Production Co.-Alvin | Nov 14, 1983 | Nov 16, 1983 | — | 10,152 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-109084 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-3-175016 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,371 | 9,381 | Perforated |
| 10,586 | 10,688 | Perforated |
| 10,704 | 10,734 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 48 | — | 25 S |
| 13.375 | 1,490 | — | 250 S |
| 13.375 | 1,490 | 17.625 | — |
| 9.625 | 7,008 | — | 500 S |
| 9.625 | 7,008 | 12.25 | — |
| 7 | 10,145 | 8.625 | 1,000 S |
| 7 | 10,145 | — | — |
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 | Dec 21, 1999 | Nov 17, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 9, 1999 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 15, 1984 | Feb 9, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Mar 1, 1984 | Feb 9, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 23, 1974 | — |
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 42-039-03962 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-039-03962 → 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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