WELL · 42-161-31938 · DISTRICT 5

Herndon #2

Plugged

Freestone County · Dowdy Ranch (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Herndon #2 (API 42-161-31938) is a plugged well in Freestone County, plugged October 14, 2003, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 29, 2000, permitted to 14,000 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Rodessa, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley, Moore Sand.

Operator of record

Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.

Based in: Spring, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Jul 8, 2026
Permits on file: 15,628
Phone: (972) 444-4001

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Nov 29, 2000

14,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Nov 29, 2000: last permit issued
May 10, 2001: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2001 THROUGH Oct 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 10, 2001
Shut in: —
Plugged: Oct 14, 2003

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 →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Herndon G-5-186086	Dowdy Ranch (Cotton Valley)	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	1	0	0	May 2001 – Oct 2003

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
502276-99	Drill	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	Nov 22, 2000	Nov 29, 2000	Jan 10, 2001	14,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-5-186086	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 422 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Rodessa	8,100	-7,678
Travis Peak	9,040	-8,618
Cotton Valley	11,580	-11,158
Moore Sand	12,800	-12,378
Bonner Sand	13,000	-12,578
York Sand	13,200	-12,778

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,556	11,690	Perforated
11,732	11,742	Perforated
11,790	11,796	Perforated
11,836	11,844	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	80	—	—
9.625	2,515	12.25	845 S
7	12,520	8.75	951 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	Jan 24, 2002	Nov 21, 2001	Yes
00	Dec 31, 2001	—	—

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 42-161-31938 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-31938 → 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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