WELL · 42-165-36441 · DISTRICT 8

T. S. Riley B Gas Unit #2

Plugged

Gaines County · Seminole (Yates) field  · Vertical

T. S. Riley B Gas Unit #2 (API 42-165-36441) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged April 19, 2024, last operated by Oxy USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 28, 2005, permitted to 3,650 ft.

It was permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation and has since transferred to Oxy USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Seven Rivers.

Operator of record

OXY USA Inc.

Permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

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 scheduleOXY USA Inc.
Production reportsOXY USA Inc.through Dec 2018
Latest permitAmerada Hess CorporationOct 28, 2005

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

3,650
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Oct 28, 2005
last permit issued
Dec 20, 2005
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
693K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2005 THROUGH Apr 2024

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 20, 2005
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 19, 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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
T. S. Riley 'B' Gas Unit G-11-213723Seminole (Yates)OXY USA Inc.10693KDec 2005 – Apr 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.

  1. 1Amerada Hess CorporationDec 2005 → Oct 2006
  2. 2Hess CorporationNov 2006 → Jan 2015
  3. 3Hess Seminole Assets LLCFeb 2015 → Aug 2017
  4. 4OXY USA Inc.Sep 2017 → Dec 2018

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
608431-99DrillAmerada Hess CorporationOct 25, 2005Oct 28, 2005Nov 3, 20053,650

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-11-213723————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,335 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rustler2,0571,278
Yates3,123212
Seven Rivers3,31322

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,1383,249Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,99512.25945 S
5.53,4007.875500 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 17, 2006Jan 30, 2006Yes
00Feb 6, 2006——

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.

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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