WELL · 42-161-34231 · DISTRICT 5

Butler Gas Unit #17

Butler Gas Unit #17 (API 42-161-34231) is a permitted well in Freestone County filed by Xto Energy Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2008 and 2012, permitted to 13,200 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including BMA, Pettit, Travis Peak, Knowles.

Operator of record

XTO Energy Inc.

Spring, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 16,153 permits on file · (832) 625-1100

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	XTO Energy Inc.Aug 28, 2012

13,200: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Aug 28, 2012: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
1.66M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2010 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
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
Butler Gas Unit G-5-255914	Teague (CV-Bossier Cons.)	Hilcorp Energy Company	1	0	1.66M	Mar 2010 – Jul 2026
Butler Gas Unit G-5-266421	Teague (Travis Peak)	Hilcorp Energy Company	1	0	0	Sep 2012 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 32,952 · prior 12 33,005(0%)

Chain of custody

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

1XTO Energy Inc.Mar 2010 → Dec 2023
2Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2024 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
745646-99	Recompletion	XTO Energy Inc.	Jul 31, 2012	Aug 28, 2012	Dec 2, 2011	11,869
666458-99	Drill	XTO Energy Inc.	Jul 10, 2008	Aug 1, 2008	Jan 13, 2010	13,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-5-255914	—	—	—	—
—	— G-5-266421	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 538 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
BMA	7,409	-6,871
Pettit	8,074	-7,536
Travis Peak	8,302	-7,764
Knowles	10,440	-9,902
Bossier	11,308	-10,770
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,616	10,258	Perforated
10,454	11,484	Perforated
11,318	11,484	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	1,069	12.25	340 S
5.5	11,869	8.75	1,240 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Mar 6, 2013	Oct 26, 2012	—
Jun 25, 2010	May 3, 2010	Yes
May 28, 2010	—	—

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 42-161-34231 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-34231 → 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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