WELL · 42-165-31662 · DISTRICT 8
Higginbotham #7WS
Gaines County · Russell (Clearfork Consolidated field · Water Supply · Vertical
Higginbotham #7WS (API 42-165-31662) is a well in Gaines County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed February 28, 1980 and listed as water supply on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2026.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 24, 1979, permitted to 211 ft.
It was permitted by Mobil Oil Corporation and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mobil Oil Corporation; 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 | XTO Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Mobil Oil CorporationSep 24, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 211
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 24, 1979
- last permit issued
- Feb 28, 1980
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 28, 1980
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2026
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 20 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higginbotham O-11-68931 | Russell (Clearfork Consolidated | Hilcorp Energy Company | 10 | 0 | 0 | Nov 2005 – Jul 2026 |
| Higginbotham O-11-60795 | Russell (Clearfork 7000) | XTO Energy Inc. | 10 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – May 2006 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58681-99 | Drill | Mobil Oil Corporation | Sep 24, 1979 | Sep 24, 1979 | — | 250 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 1980 | Higginbotham O-11-68931 | Russell (Clearfork Consolidated | Hilcorp Energy Company | Water Supply · shut in Feb 1, 2026 | 211 |
| Feb 28, 1980 | Higginbotham O-11-60795 | Russell (Clearfork 7000) | XTO Energy Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 211 | 24 | — |
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 | May 22, 2006 | Mar 20, 1980 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 20, 1980 | — |
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 42-165-31662 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-31662 → 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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