WELL · 42-115-32933 · DISTRICT 8

Richards '16' #1

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Dawson County  · Horizontal · Directional

Richards '16' #1 (API 42-115-32933) is a permitted horizontal well in Dawson County filed by HW Operating, LLC; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1996 and 2020, permitted to 12,500 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Clear Fork, Dean, Pennsylvanian, Atoka.

Its lease has reported 172K barrels of oil and 81 mcf of gas since January 1997, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

HW Operating, LLC

Wichita Falls, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 41 permits on file · (940) 631-4008

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsHW Operating, LLCthrough Jan 2022
Latest permitHW Operating, LLCNov 17, 2020
12,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Nov 17, 2020
last permit issued
—
completed
172K
cumulative oil, bbl
81
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1997 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Surface location

32.927405, -102.179377

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Dawson County.

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Richards 16 O-11-67685Elizabeth Rose (Fusselman)HW Operating, LLC1172K81Jan 1997 – Jul 2026

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. 1Cobra Oil & Gas CorporationJan 1997 → Oct 2001
  2. 2Hopkins, T. M. Operating Co.Dec 2001 → Oct 2003
  3. 3Robertson Resources, Inc.Nov 2003 → Jan 2018
  4. 4HW Operating, LLCFeb 2018 → Jan 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
865953-99RecompletionHW Operating, LLCNov 5, 2020Nov 17, 2020—12,300
454916-99DrillCobra Oil & Gas CorporationNov 7, 1996Nov 7, 1996Nov 10, 199612,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-11-67685————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,139 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Clear ForkBASE CLEARFORK7,564-4,425
Dean8,876-5,737
PennsylvanianPENN LS9,639-6,500
Atoka11,082-7,943
MississippianLOWER MISS11,667-8,528
Woodford11,990-8,851

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,14912,158Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37541617.5400 S
8.6255,56812.25250 S
5.512,1497.875430 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 14, 1997Jan 23, 1997Yes
00Mar 12, 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.

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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Dupree '67' Lease42-115-33261

5.0 KM · OXY USA WTP LP · Section with this well →

Rustler2,132943
San Andres4,427-1,352
Wolfcamp9,086-6,011
Strawn10,301-7,226
Woodford11,813-8,738
Fusselman11,925-8,850

Changes in Latitudes42-115-33789

7.8 KM · Steadfast Oil & Gas, LLC · Section with this well →

Yates3,750-632
San Andres4,547-1,429
Mississippian—
Pennsylvanian—
Silurian (undifferentiated)—
Spraberry—
Wolfcamp—
Dean—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Cedar Lake Unit42-165-38681

9.1 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Rustler2,0401,061
Yates2,875226
Seven Rivers3,102-1
Queen3,651-550
Greyburg4,022-921
San Andres4,272-1,171
Wichita-Albany—
Clear Fork—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Young FPK 1642-115-33869

9.6 KM · Smith Energy Operating Company · Section with this well →

Yates3,04866
San Andres4,471-1,357
Mississippian—
Canyon—
Dean—
Devonian—
Pennsylvanian—
Silurian (undifferentiated)—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Cedar Lake Unit42-165-38683

9.8 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Santa Rosa1,5441,558
Rustler2,0291,073
Yates2,849253
Seven Rivers3,07626
Queen3,629-527
Greyburg4,004-902
San Andres4,262-1,160
Clear Fork—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Golden 1742-115-33799

10.1 KM · Smith Energy Operating Company · Section with this well →

Yates3,01678
San Andres4,461-1,367
Silurian (undifferentiated)—
Wolfcamp—
Spraberry—
Pennsylvanian—
Mississippian—
Devonian—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Cedar Lake Unit42-165-38682

10.1 KM · Occidental Permian Ltd. · Section with this well →

Santa Rosa1,5301,556
Rustler2,0201,066
Yates2,827259
Seven Rivers3,05630
Queen3,611-525
Greyburg3,996-910
San Andres4,245-1,159
Clear Fork—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Spirit Talker 3742-165-38617

11.4 KM · Adventure Operating Company, LLC · Section with this well →

Yates2,947234
Seven Rivers3,10081
Queen3,750-569
San Andres4,376-1,195
Leonard—
Clear Fork—
Glorieta—
Wichita-Albany—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

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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