WELL · 42-079-32071 · DISTRICT 8
Starnes #4
Cochran County · Buckshot (4950) field · Vertical
Starnes #4 (API 42-079-32071) is a plugged well in Cochran County, plugged September 20, 2021, last operated by Shenandoah Petroleum Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 31, 1984, permitted to 5,100 ft.
It was permitted by Grand Banks Energy Company and has since transferred to Shenandoah Petroleum Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including San Andres, San Addres P-2.
Its lease has reported 86.8K barrels of oil and 69.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in November 2021. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Shenandoah Petroleum Corporation
Permitted by Grand Banks Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 9, 2025
- Permits on file
- 236
- Phone
- (432) 685-1964
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Shenandoah Petroleum Corporation |
| Production reports | Shenandoah Petroleum Corporationthrough Mar 2020 |
| Latest permit | Grand Banks Energy CompanyDec 31, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 31, 1984
- last permit issued
- Feb 4, 1985
- completed
- 86.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 69.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2021
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 4, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 20, 2021
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starnes O-11-64704 | Buckshot (4950) | Shenandoah Petroleum Corporation | 5 | 86.8K | 69.4K | Jan 1993 – Nov 2021 |
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.
- 1Grand Banks Energy CompanyJan 1993 → May 1994
- 2Lomak Production CompanyJun 1994 → Aug 1998
- 3Range Production CompanySep 1998 → May 1999
- 4Browning Oil Company, Inc.Jun 1999 → Feb 2000
- 5Lynx Energy Company, Inc.Mar 2000 → Dec 2001
- 6Lynx Operating Co., Inc.Jan 2002 → Feb 2002
- 7Miranda Energy CorporationMar 2002 → Jun 2016
- 8Shenandoah Petroleum CorporationJul 2016 → Mar 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 263146-99 | Drill | Grand Banks Energy Company | Dec 17, 1984 | Dec 31, 1984 | Jan 14, 1985 | 5,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 1985 | Starnes O-11-64704 | Buckshot (4950) | Shenandoah Petroleum Corporation | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,889 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 4,250 | -361 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES P-1 | 4,985 | -1,096 |
| San Addres P-2 | 5,050 | -1,161 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,988 | 5,024 | Perforated |
| 5,046 | 5,055 | Perforated |
| — | 5,055 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 427 | 12.25 | 420 S |
| 4.5 | 5,061 | 7.875 | 500 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 | Mar 4, 1985 | Feb 22, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Feb 28, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-079-32071 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-079-32071 → 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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