WELL · 42-135-42037 · DISTRICT 8

Foster H. S. -C- #14

Y

Ector County · Double -H- (Grayburg) field · Shut IN  · Vertical

Foster H. S. -C- #14 (API 42-135-42037) is a well in Ector County operated by Helms Oil & Gas LLC, completed May 25, 2013 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued September 21, 2012, permitted to 5,000 ft.

It was permitted by Saga Petroleum LLC Of Colorado and has since transferred to Helms Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Queen, Grayburg, Uppder Grayburg.

Its lease has reported 185K barrels of oil and 104K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Helms Oil & Gas LLC

Permitted by Saga Petroleum LLC of Colorado; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · 6 permits on file · (432) 638-9009

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHelms Oil & Gas LLC
Production reportsHelms Oil & Gas, LLCthrough Oct 2021
Latest permitSaga Petroleum LLC of ColoradoSep 21, 2012

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

5,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Sep 21, 2012
last permit issued
May 25, 2013
completed
185K
cumulative oil, bbl
104K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
May 25, 2013
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Delinquent

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

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Foster, H. S. -C- O-10-9641Double -H- (Grayburg)Helms Oil & Gas, LLC6185K104KJan 1993 – 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. 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 1993
  2. 2Davcro Inc.Oct 1993 → Sep 1996
  3. 3Turrentine Oil and Gas, Inc.Oct 1996 → Feb 2005
  4. 4Turrentine Oil & Gas, Inc.Mar 2005 → Jan 2014
  5. 5Saga Petroleum LLC of ColoradoFeb 2014 → Mar 2018
  6. 6CBP Operating LLCApr 2018 → Apr 2020
  7. 7Helms Oil & Gas, LLCMay 2020 → Aug 2021

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
748118-98DrillSaga Petroleum LLC of ColoradoSep 24, 2015Sep 21, 2012Oct 10, 20125,000
748118-99DrillTurrentine Oil & Gas, Inc.Sep 12, 2012Sep 21, 2012Oct 10, 20125,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-9641————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,020 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Queen4,270-1,250
GrayburgMIDDLE GRAYBURG4,398-1,378
Uppder Grayburg4,650-1,630

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,5384,627Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,50212.25700 S
5.54,6867.875700 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
00Sep 24, 2015Oct 7, 2013Yes

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.

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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