WELL · 42-137-31109 · DISTRICT 1

Four Square Ranch #0071HR

Plugged

Edwards County  · Horizontal

Four Square Ranch #0071HR (API 42-137-31109) is a plugged horizontal well in Edwards County, plugged September 23, 1991, last operated by Meridian Oil Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended 3 times) between 1991 and 1996, permitted to 8,200 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Base Cretaceous (marker), Canyon, Holman, Massive Pen.

Operator of record

Meridian Oil Inc.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Sep 27, 1995
Permits on file
804
Phone
(713) 624-9000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsUpp Operating, LLCthrough Feb 2026
Latest permitMeridian Oil Inc.Jan 5, 1996
8,200
total depth, ft
5
permits on file
Jan 5, 1996
last permit issued
—
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.78M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
Sep 23, 1991

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

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Four Square Ranch G-1-157992Snakebite (Ellenburger)Upp Operating, LLC101.78MFeb 1996 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 24,522 · prior 12 35,199(-30%)

02K4K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Meridian Oil Inc.Feb 1996 → Jul 1996
  2. 2Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.Aug 1996 → Dec 2000
  3. 3Burlington Resources O & G Co LPJan 2001 → May 2002
  4. 4Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncJun 2002 → Dec 2007
  5. 5Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLCJan 2008 → Sep 2014
  6. 6Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Oct 2014 → Mar 2019
  7. 7Upp Operating, LLCApr 2019 → Feb 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
443454-97ReenterMeridian Oil Inc.Mar 21, 1996Jan 5, 1996—7,100
443454-98ReenterMeridian Oil Inc.Jan 19, 1996Jan 5, 1996—7,100
443454-99ReenterMeridian Oil Inc.Jan 5, 1996Jan 5, 1996Jan 11, 19966,735
391697-98DrillMeridian Oil Inc.Sep 20, 1991Sep 6, 1991Sep 7, 19918,200
391697-99DrillMeridian Oil Inc.Sep 6, 1991Sep 6, 1991—6,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-1-157992————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,313 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Base Cretaceous (marker)BASE CRETACEOUS1,1591,154
CanyonUPPER CANYON2,464-151
Holman4,588-2,275
Massive Pen6,578-4,265
WoodfordWOODFORD SHALE6,624-4,311
Ellenburger6,634-4,321

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,9969,768Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,21512.25420 S
5.56,9967.875775 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
00May 31, 1996Mar 29, 1996—
00May 24, 1996——

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). 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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