WELL · 42-101-30556 · DISTRICT 8
Buck Creek #1A
Cottle County · Whalen (Silver Bow III) field · Vertical
Buck Creek #1A (API 42-101-30556) is a plugged well in Cottle County, plugged March 23, 2009, last operated by Sunlight Exploration Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 25, 1997, permitted to 5,500 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Canyon.
Its lease has reported 42.8K barrels of oil and 53 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 2009. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Canyon, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 1, 2025
- Permits on file
- 50
- Phone
- (806) 655-7183
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sunlight Exploration Inc. |
| Production reports | Sunlight Exploration, Inc.through Oct 2007 |
| Latest permit | Sunlight Exploration, Inc.Mar 25, 1997 |
- 5,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 25, 1997
- last permit issued
- Jun 1, 1997
- completed
- 42.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 53
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2009
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 1, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 23, 2009
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Creek O-11-65776 | Whalen (Silver Bow III) | Sunlight Exploration, Inc. | 5 | 42.8K | 53 | Jan 1993 – May 2009 |
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.
- 1Gregco, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1996
- 2Sunlight Exploration, Inc.Feb 1996 → Oct 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460138-99 | Drill | Sunlight Exploration, Inc. | Mar 20, 1997 | Mar 25, 1997 | Apr 16, 1997 | 5,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-65776 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,908 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CanyonCANYON REEF | 4,838 | -2,930 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,838 | 4,844 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 388 | 12.25 | 250 S |
| 4.5 | 4,922 | 7.875 | 225 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 21, 1998 | Jul 11, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 13, 1997 | — | — |
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 42-101-30556 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-101-30556 → 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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