TEXAS · WELLS · DAWSON COUNTY · WEST WELCH UNIT LEASE · API 42-115-32652 · DISTRICT 7B

West Welch Unit #720

Plugged

Dawson County · Welch field · Vertical

West Welch Unit #720 (API 42-115-32652) is a plugged well in Dawson County, plugged March 13, 2023, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 3, 1991, permitted to 4,970 ft.

It was permitted by Oxy USA Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Yates, San Andres.

Its lease has reported 20.5M barrels of oil and 7.45M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in August 2026. The lease carries 687 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

Permitted by OXY USA Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Mar 27, 2026
Permits on file: 3,458
Phone: (713) 209-2400

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Hilcorp Energy Company
Production reports	Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Aug 2026
Latest permit	OXY USA Inc.Jan 3, 1991

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

4,970: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jan 3, 1991: last permit issued
Aug 10, 1991: completed
20.5M: cumulative oil, bbl
7.45M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH AUG 2026

On this page2 formation tops Lease production 2 completions Injection volumes

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Aug 10, 1991
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 13, 2023

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.

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 687 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
West Welch Unit O-11-14783	Welch	Hilcorp Energy Company	687	20.5M	7.45M	by Jan 1993 – Aug 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 136,414 · prior 12 178,479(-24%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 52,718 · prior 12 87,075(-39%)

Wells named West Welch Unit

Hilcorp Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Dawson County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1OXY USA Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2000
2OXY USA WTP LPJan 2001 → Apr 2026
3Hilcorp Energy CompanyMay 2026 → Aug 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
382928-99	Drill	OXY USA Inc.	Dec 31, 1990	Jan 3, 1991	Jan 19, 1991	4,970

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Aug 10, 1991	West Welch Unit O-11-14783	Welch	Hilcorp Energy Company	Plugged	—
Feb 2, 1991	West Welch Unit O-11-14783	Welch	Hilcorp Energy Company	Plugged	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,128 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Yates	2,978	150
San Andres	4,442	-1,314

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,906	4,938	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,959	12.25	900 S
5.5	4,970	7.875	850 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Apr 16, 1993	Apr 5, 1993	—
Oct 25, 1991	Sep 23, 1991	—
Oct 18, 1991	Feb 5, 1991	Yes
Mar 8, 1991	Feb 5, 1991	Yes
Feb 13, 1991	—	—

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 42-115-32652 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-115-32652 → scanned completion filings

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Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

171: bbl, last 12 reported months
1.58M: bbl, all reported
Aug 2023: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000077194	H-1 Injection	Plugged Apr 25, 2023	5,000	2,400	4,906–4,938

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

Last 12 months 171 · prior 12 33,209(-99%)

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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