WELL · 42-097-31651 · DISTRICT 9
Hess #5-A
Cooke County · Cooke County Regular field · Vertical
Hess #5-A (API 42-097-31651) is a plugged well in Cooke County, plugged June 30, 1992, last operated by Walter Exploration Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 6, 1980, permitted to 1,900 ft.
Its lease has reported 4.7K barrels of oil and 479 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2003. The lease carries 9 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 3, 2000
- Permits on file
- 237
- Phone
- (214) 369-4564
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Walter Exploration Inc. |
| Production reports | Walter Exploration Inc.through Apr 1998 |
| Latest permit | Walter Exploration Inc.Nov 6, 1980 |
- 1,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 6, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jul 5, 1981
- completed
- 4.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 479
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 5, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 30, 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.
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 9 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hess O-13-2058 | Cooke County Regular | Walter Exploration Inc. | 9 | 4.7K | 479 | Jan 1993 – Aug 2003 |
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.
- 1Walter Exploration Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98182-99 | Drill | Walter Exploration Inc. | Nov 6, 1980 | Nov 6, 1980 | — | 1,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-13-2058 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 746 | 776 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 780 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 980 | 7.875 | 200 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 8, 1981 | — |
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 42-097-31651 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-097-31651 → 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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