TEXAS · WELLS · CROCKETT COUNTY · RANCH HAND "55" LEASE · API 42-105-38250 · DISTRICT 6E

Ranch Hand 55 #3

Shut in

Crockett County · World East (Strawn) field · Shut In  · Vertical

Ranch Hand 55 #3 (API 42-105-38250) is a well in Crockett County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed January 2, 2024 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in September 1, 2024.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended 3 times), issued March 5, 1999, permitted to 8,450 ft.

It was permitted by Pogo Producing CO. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Wolfcamp, Strawn.

Its lease has reported 99.9K barrels of oil and 2.06M mcf of gas since June 1999, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 40 barrels injected in the 12 months reported through June 2025.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

Permitted by Pogo Producing Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Mar 27, 2026
Permits on file
3,454
Phone
(713) 209-2400

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHilcorp Energy Company
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Jul 2022
Latest permitPogo Producing Co.Mar 5, 1999

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

8,450
total depth, ft
4
permits on file
Mar 5, 1999
last permit issued
Jan 2, 2024
completed
99.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
2.06M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1999 THROUGH Jul 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Jan 2, 2024
Shut in
Sep 1, 2024
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Ranch Hand "55" O-9-14902World, East (Strawn)Hilcorp Energy Company499.9K2.06MJun 1999 – Jul 2022

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.

  1. 1Pogo Producing CompanyJun 1999 → Jan 2008
  2. 2Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Feb 2008
  3. 3OXY USA Inc.Mar 2008 → Jul 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
483122-96DrillPogo Producing Co.Apr 12, 2000Mar 5, 1999—3,953
483122-97DrillPogo Producing Co.Jun 1, 1999Mar 5, 1999—8,500
483122-98DrillPogo Producing Co.Apr 19, 1999Mar 5, 1999May 10, 19998,300
483122-99DrillPogo Producing Co.Mar 5, 1999Mar 5, 1999—8,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Jan 2, 2024Ranch Hand 55 O-9-14902World East (Strawn)Hilcorp Energy CompanyShut In · shut in Sep 1, 20248,450

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,833 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
SpraberryLOWER SPRAYBERRY5,606-2,773
Wolfcamp6,417-3,584
Strawn8,165-5,332

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,5753,615Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37590817.5720 S
8.6253,14011500 S
5.54,0007.875270 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Oct 21, 2024Aug 7, 2024—
00Aug 8, 2001Nov 14, 2000—
00Jun 23, 2000Apr 11, 2000Yes
00May 11, 2000——

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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

40
bbl, last 12 reported months
1.24M
bbl, all reported
Jun 2025
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000089523W-14 DisposalActive2,0001,5003,575–3,615

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 40 · prior 12 81(-51%)

0204020242025

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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