TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · H & J SEC. 451 LEASE · API 42-165-01746 · DISTRICT 7B
H & J Sec. 451 #17H
Gaines County · Russell North (Devonian) field · Horizontal
H & J Sec. 451 #17H (API 42-165-01746) is a plugged horizontal well in Gaines County, plugged January 14, 2010, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 2, 2009, permitted to 11,000 ft.
It was permitted by Xto Energy Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 2.53M barrels of oil and 921K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 33 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by XTO Energy Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,454
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | XTO Energy Inc.Dec 2, 2009 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 2, 2009
- last permit issued
- Dec 17, 2009
- completed
- 2.53M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 921K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 17, 2009
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 14, 2010
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; they carry 33 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H & J Sec. 451 O-11-5182 | Russell, North (Devonian) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 33 | 2.53M | 921K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 13,746 · prior 12 13,851(-1%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 4,528 · prior 12 6,141(-26%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 2004
- 2XTO Energy Inc.May 2004 → Mar 2025
- 3Hilcorp Energy CompanyApr 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 688064-99 | Reenter | XTO Energy Inc. | Dec 1, 2009 | Dec 2, 2009 | Nov 9, 2009 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2009 | H & J Sec. 451 O-11-5182 | Russell North (Devonian) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
| Mar 30, 1988 | H & J Sec. 451 O-11-5182 | Russell North (Devonian) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,818 | 10,866 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 466 | 19 | 465 S |
| 10.75 | 466 | — | — |
| 7.875 | 4,450 | — | — |
| 7.625 | 4,450 | 9.875 | 2,700 S |
| 5.5 | 11,045 | 7.875 | 1,410 S |
| 5.5 | — | — | — |
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 | Mar 17, 2010 | Dec 29, 2009 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 15, 2010 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 8, 1988 | Jun 30, 1988 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 20, 1966 | — |
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 42-165-01746 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-01746 → 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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