WELL · 42-071-32600 · DISTRICT 3
Monroe City Ranch #1
Chambers County · Middleton Ranch field · Directional
Monroe City Ranch #1 (API 42-071-32600) is a plugged well in Chambers County, plugged December 2, 2019, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 14, 2014, permitted to 15,000 ft.
It was permitted by Samson Exploration, LLC and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Anahuac, Marginulina, Frio, Vicksburg.
Its 2 leases have reported 553K barrels of oil and 1.32M mcf of gas since May 2015, last reporting in February 2020. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Samson Exploration, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 26, 2026 · 3,454 permits on file · (713) 209-2411
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Oct 2018 |
| Latest permit | Samson Exploration, LLCOct 14, 2014 |
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
- Oct 14, 2014
- last permit issued
- Jan 3, 2018
- completed
- 553K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.32M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2015 THROUGH Feb 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 3, 2018
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 2, 2019
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe City Ranch O-3-26897 | Middleton Ranch | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 553K | 1.32M | May 2015 – Feb 2020 |
| Monroe City Ranch O-3-26878 | Wildcat | Samson Exploration, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 | May 2015 – Mar 2016 |
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.
- 1Samson Exploration, LLCMay 2015 → Aug 2016
- 2Hilcorp Energy CompanySep 2016 → Oct 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 797429-99 | Drill | Samson Exploration, LLC | Oct 1, 2014 | Oct 14, 2014 | Mar 30, 2015 | 15,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-26878 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-26897 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 14 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12,442 | 12,495 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 3,997 | 17.5 | 3,295 S |
| 9.625 | 9,872 | 12.25 | 700 S |
| 5 | 13,064 | 6.5 | 175 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 | Nov 12, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 | — |
| 00 | Feb 1, 2016 | Oct 9, 2015 | — |
| 00 | Dec 28, 2015 | Aug 3, 2015 | 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 42-071-32600 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-071-32600 → 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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