TEXAS · WELLS · BROOKS COUNTY · G-4-82502 LEASE · API 42-047-30704 · DISTRICT 04
Lips Barbara Ranch A #1
Brooks County · Lips Ranch North (Vicksburg) field · Vertical
Lips Barbara Ranch A #1 (API 42-047-30704) is a plugged well in Brooks County, plugged December 18, 1992, last operated by Shell Western E&P Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 21, 1978, permitted to 15,000 ft.
It was permitted by Hilliard Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Shell Western E&P Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hilliard Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 16, 1999
- Permits on file
- 2,528
- Phone
- (281) 544-3215
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Hilliard Oil & Gas, Inc.Aug 21, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 15,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 21, 1978
- last permit issued
- Apr 20, 1979
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 20, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 18, 1992
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — G-4-82502 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Lips Barbara Ranch A
Shell Western E&P Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Brooks County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsPermits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30889-99 | Drill | Hilliard Oil & Gas, Inc. | Aug 21, 1978 | Aug 21, 1978 | Aug 23, 1978 | 15,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 1979 | Lips Barbara Ranch A G-4-82502 | Lips Ranch North (Vicksburg) | Shell Western E&P Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 14,726 | 14,810 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 2,023 | 17.5 | 1,200 S |
| 9.625 | 10,045 | 12.25 | 945 S |
| 2.875 | 14,600 | — | — |
| 5 | 15,855 | 6.5 | 945 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 16, 1979 | — |
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 42-047-30704 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-047-30704 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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