WELL · 42-127-33166 · DISTRICT 1
Fitzsimmons Hugh A #4816
Dimmit County · Hugh Fitzsimmons (San Miguel) field · Vertical
Fitzsimmons Hugh A #4816 (API 42-127-33166) is a plugged well in Dimmit County, plugged April 19, 2023, last operated by Prime Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 13, 1999, permitted to 4,100 ft.
It was permitted by Collins & Ware, Inc. and has since transferred to Prime Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Olmos, San Miguel.
Its lease has reported 169K barrels of oil and 2.67M mcf of gas since June 1997, last reporting in January 2025. The lease carries 27 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Collins & Ware, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 29, 2026
- Permits on file
- 595
- Phone
- (432) 682-5600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prime Operating Company |
| Production reports | Prime Operating Companythrough Jan 2023 |
| Latest permit | Collins & Ware, Inc.Jul 13, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 13, 1999
- last permit issued
- Oct 7, 1999
- completed
- 169K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.67M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1997 THROUGH Jan 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 7, 1999
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 19, 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.
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 27 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzsimmons, Hugh "A" O-1-14145 | Hugh Fitzsimmons (San Miguel) | Prime Operating Company | 27 | 169K | 2.67M | Jun 1997 – Jan 2025 |
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.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyJun 1997 → Jan 1999
- 2Collins & Ware, Inc.Feb 1999 → Jun 2000
- 3Apache CorporationJul 2000 → Jun 2001
- 4Prize Operating CompanyJul 2001 → Mar 2002
- 5Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Apr 2002 → Jul 2002
- 6Prime Operating CompanyAug 2002 → Jan 2023
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485605-99 | Drill | Collins & Ware, Inc. | Jul 2, 1999 | Jul 13, 1999 | Aug 16, 1999 | 4,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-14145 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 626 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 2,242 | -1,616 |
| San Miguel | 3,673 | -3,047 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,690 | 3,706 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 425 | 12.25 | 275 S |
| 4.5 | 3,834 | 7.875 | 1,150 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 | Mar 24, 2000 | Oct 21, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 9, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-127-33166 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-127-33166 → 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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