WELL · 42-079-02517 · DISTRICT 8
McWhirter #317
Cochran County · Levelland field · Horizontal
Mcwhirter #317 (API 42-079-02517) is a permitted horizontal well in Cochran County filed by Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 6, 1994, permitted to 4,877 ft.
It was permitted by Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc. and has since transferred to Mobil Oil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 25.9M barrels of oil and 5.73M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 565 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 1,487 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Mobil Oil Corporation |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jan 6, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,877
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 6, 1994
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 25.9M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 5.73M
- 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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 565 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Central Levelland Unit O-11-60557 | Levelland | Hilcorp Energy Company | 565 | 25.9M | 5.73M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 247,058 · prior 12 259,032(-5%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 51,416 · prior 12 53,903(-5%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 2004
- 2Apache CorporationNov 2004 → Nov 2024
- 3Hilcorp Energy CompanyDec 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 419951-99 | Recompletion | Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc. | Jan 6, 1994 | Jan 6, 1994 | Oct 5, 1994 | 4,877 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-60557 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,827 | 4,863 | Perforated |
| — | 4,927 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 301 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 4,848 | — | — |
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 20, 1995 | Nov 28, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-079-02517 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-079-02517 → 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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