WELL · 42-163-33161 · DISTRICT 1
Betco-Avant Unit #1
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Betco-Avant Unit #1 (API 42-163-33161) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged January 24, 2024, last operated by Hawthorn Energy Partners LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 20, 1993, permitted to 7,500 ft.
It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Hawthorn Energy Partners LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Midway, Navarro, Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 96.4K barrels of oil and 50K mcf of gas since September 1993, last reporting in May 2024.
Operator of record
Permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Nichols Hill, OK
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 22, 2025
- Permits on file
- 79
- Phone
- (405) 755-5900
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hawthorn Energy Partners LLC |
| Production reports | Hawthorn Energy Partners, LLCthrough Dec 2021 |
| Latest permit | Union Pacific Resources CompanyJul 20, 1993 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 20, 1993
- last permit issued
- Sep 8, 1993
- completed
- 96.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 50K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1993 THROUGH May 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 8, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 24, 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betco-Avant Unit O-1-13801 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Hawthorn Energy Partners, LLC | 1 | 96.4K | 50K | Sep 1993 – May 2024 |
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.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanySep 1993 → May 1998
- 2Ceniza Petroleum, Inc.Jun 1998 → Jun 2002
- 3Hawthorn Energy Partners, LLCJul 2002 → Dec 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 413624-99 | Drill | Union Pacific Resources Company | Jul 7, 1993 | Jul 20, 1993 | Aug 10, 1993 | 7,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-13801 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 535 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Midway | 3,441 | -2,906 |
| Navarro | 4,036 | -3,501 |
| Anacacho | 6,486 | -5,951 |
| Austin Chalk | 6,736 | -6,201 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,530 | 10,334 | Perforated |
| 6,975 | 10,678 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,030 | 14.75 | 450 S |
| 7.625 | 6,530 | 9.875 | 250 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 | Nov 30, 1993 | Nov 12, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 23, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-163-33161 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-33161 → 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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