WELL · 42-165-00165 · DISTRICT 8

Norman A #1

Norman A #1 (API 42-165-00165) is a permitted horizontal well in Gaines County filed by Oxy USA Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1997 and 2013, permitted to 10,300 ft.

Its 2 leases have reported 355K barrels of oil and 87.1K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

OXY USA Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 3,316 permits on file · (713) 215-7000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	OXY USA WTP LPthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	OXY USA Inc.Jul 18, 2013

10,300: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jul 18, 2013: last permit issued
—: completed
355K: cumulative oil, bbl
87.1K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Norman "A" O-10-22990	Norman (Devonian)	Hilcorp Energy Company	6	103K	2.96K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026
Norman A O-10-35328	Norman(canyon)	Hilcorp Energy Company	1	253K	84.1K	May 1997 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 3,867 · prior 12 2,675(+45%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 273 · prior 12 513(-47%)

Chain of custody

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

1OXY USA Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2000
2OXY USA WTP LPJan 2001 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
765857-99	Recompletion	OXY USA Inc.	Jul 2, 2013	Jul 18, 2013	—	10,300
458255-99	Recompletion	OXY USA Inc.	Feb 6, 1997	Mar 25, 1997	Apr 2, 1997	10,280

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-22990	—	—	—	—
—	— O-10-35328	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,270	10,285	Perforated
—	12,226	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	370	17.5	350 S
13.375	370	—	350 S
12.375	370	—	—
9.625	5,062	12.25	750 S
9.625	5,062	—	—
5.5	12,216	7.875	1,000 S
5.5	12,226	—	1,050 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
Jul 1, 1997	May 14, 1997	Yes
Jun 5, 1997	—	—
Dec 29, 1989	Nov 21, 1989	—
Jan 12, 1984	Nov 6, 1961	—
Jan 12, 1984	—	—

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 42-165-00165 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-165-00165 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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