WELL · 42-161-31489 · DISTRICT 5
Vickers #1
Freestone County · Simsboro N. (Cotton Valley C) field · Vertical
Vickers #1 (API 42-161-31489) is a well in Freestone County operated by Phillips Energy Inc., completed December 22, 1998.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 26, 1998, permitted to 11,500 ft.
It was permitted by Sklar & Phillips Oil CO. and has since transferred to Phillips Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Bossier, B.M.A., BMA, Pettit.
Its 2 leases have reported 47.7K barrels of oil and 658K mcf of gas since December 1998, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sklar & Phillips Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Shreveport, LA · P-5 Y, filed Jul 5, 2019 · 9 permits on file · (318) 393-7670
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Phillips Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | Brammer Engineering, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Sklar & Phillips Oil Co.Mar 26, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 26, 1998
- last permit issued
- Dec 22, 1998
- completed
- 47.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 658K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1998 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 22, 1998
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vickers O-5-3759 | Simsboro, N. (Cotton Valley C) | Brammer Engineering, Inc. | 1 | 47.7K | 507K | May 2003 – Jul 2026 |
| Vickers G-5-173365 | Simsboro, N. (Cotton Valley C) | Phillips Energy, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 152K | Dec 1998 – Sep 2003 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 18,596 · prior 12 18,545(+0%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,379 · prior 12 1,407(-2%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Sklar & Phillips Oil Co.Jan 1999 → Dec 2000
- 2Phillips Energy, Inc.Jan 2001 → Sep 2018
- 3Sklar Exploration Company LLCOct 2018 → Oct 2021
- 4Brammer Engineering, Inc.Nov 2021 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 474777-99 | Drill | Sklar & Phillips Oil Co. | Mar 26, 1998 | Mar 26, 1998 | Apr 17, 1998 | 11,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-5-173365 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-5-3759 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 508 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 1,340 | -832 |
| B.M.A. | 6,622 | -6,114 |
| BMA | 6,622 | -6,114 |
| Pettit | 7,242 | -6,734 |
| Travis Peak | 7,432 | -6,924 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 10,340 | -9,832 |
| Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME | 10,888 | -10,380 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,913 | 10,931 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,492 | 12.25 | 494 S |
| 5.5 | 11,508 | 7.875 | 1,385 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 | Jul 30, 2003 | Jun 2, 2003 | — |
| 00 | Jul 24, 2003 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 16, 1999 | Jun 3, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 8, 1999 | — | — |
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 42-161-31489 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-161-31489 → 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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