WELL · 42-165-35268 · DISTRICT 8
Jones 18-7 #4
Gaines County · Tex-Pac (Yates) field · Vertical
Jones 18-7 #4 (API 42-165-35268) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged July 9, 2024, last operated by Black Sheep Oil & Gas LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 16, 1997, permitted to 3,500 ft.
It was permitted by Hicon Gas Producers, Inc. and has since transferred to Black Sheep Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Yates.
Its lease has reported 3.06K barrels of oil and 19.6K mcf of gas since December 1997, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hicon Gas Producers, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Odessa, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 3, 2024 · (432) 413-4477
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Black Sheep Oil & Gas LLC |
| Production reports | Whitehawk Production Companythrough Aug 2001 |
| Latest permit | Hicon Gas Producers, Inc.Sep 16, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 16, 1997
- last permit issued
- Oct 23, 1997
- completed
- 3.06K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 19.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1997 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 23, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 9, 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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones 18-7 O-11-67876 | Tex-Pac (Yates) | Black Sheep Oil & Gas LLC | 4 | 3.06K | 19.6K | Dec 1997 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Hicon Gas Producers, Inc.Dec 1997 → Jul 1999
- 2Whitehawk Production CompanyAug 1999 → Aug 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 467482-99 | Drill | Hicon Gas Producers, Inc. | Sep 11, 1997 | Sep 16, 1997 | Oct 9, 1997 | 3,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-67876 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,651 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 3,027 | 624 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,183 | 3,229 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 376 | 12.25 | 300 S |
| 4.5 | 3,400 | 7.875 | 901 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 | Mar 23, 1998 | Jan 26, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 13, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-165-35268 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-35268 → 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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