WELL · 42-071-30956 · DISTRICT 3
West Storage Terminal #UGS16
Chambers County · Barbers Hill field · LPG Storage · Vertical
West Storage Terminal #UGS16 (API 42-071-30956) is a well in Chambers County operated by Mont Belvieu Caverns LLC, completed July 23, 1980 and listed as lpg storage on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 13, 1979, permitted to 4,500 ft.
It was permitted by Xral Storage & Terminaling CO. and has since transferred to Mont Belvieu Caverns LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Sand, Shale, Gumbo, Caprock, Salt.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 1.4M barrels injected in the 12 months reported through January 1993.
Operator of record
Permitted by Xral Storage & Terminaling Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 23, 2025
- Permits on file
- 4
- Phone
- (713) 381-6500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Mont Belvieu Caverns LLC |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Xral Storage & Terminaling Co.Jun 13, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 13, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jul 23, 1980
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 23, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 16 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Storage Terminal O-3-11175 | Barbers Hill | Mont Belvieu Caverns, LLC | 16 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50605-99 | Drill | Xral Storage & Terminaling Co. | Jun 13, 1979 | Jun 13, 1979 | — | 4,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-11175 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 55 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,958 | 4,800 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 58 | — | — |
| 30 | 600 | 34 | 1,900 S |
| 20 | 1,354 | 26 | 3,375 S |
| 16 | 1,596 | 18.5 | 1,200 S |
| 13.375 | 2,958 | 14.75 | 3,250 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 | Sep 8, 2023 | May 3, 2023 | — |
| 00 | Sep 27, 2018 | Sep 25, 2018 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Oct 30, 1980 | Yes |
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 42-071-30956 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-071-30956 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 1.4M
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 2.42M
- bbl, all reported
- Jan 1993
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000041503 | UIC Permit | Active | 0 | 0 | 0–0 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 1,398,148 · prior 12 6,288(+22135%)
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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