WELL · 42-173-31117 · DISTRICT 8
Little Whit #1
Glasscock County · Big Whit(wolfcamp) field · Vertical
Little Whit #1 (API 42-173-31117) is a plugged well in Glasscock County, plugged March 14, 1997, last operated by Western Reserves Oil Company Inc.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 31, 1980, permitted to 8,100 ft.
It was permitted by Western Reserves Oil CO. and has since transferred to Western Reserves Oil Company Inc on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.24K barrels of oil and 11K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 1997.
Operator of record
Western Reserves Oil Company Inc
Permitted by Western Reserves Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 7, 2021 · 126 permits on file · (432) 553-0175
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Western Reserves Oil Company Inc |
| Production reports | Western Reserves Oil Company Incthrough Apr 1994 |
| Latest permit | Western Reserves Oil Co.Dec 31, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 31, 1980
- last permit issued
- May 29, 1981
- completed
- 3.24K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 11K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 29, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 14, 1997
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Whit O-10-26678 | Big Whit(wolfcamp) | Western Reserves Oil Company Inc | 1 | 3.24K | 11K | Jan 1993 – Mar 1997 |
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.
- 1Western Reserves Oil Company IncJan 1993 → Apr 1994
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104606-99 | Drill | Western Reserves Oil Co. | Dec 31, 1980 | Dec 31, 1980 | — | 8,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-26678 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,997 | 8,010 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 345 | 17.5 | 450 S |
| 8.625 | 3,391 | 12.25 | 450 S |
| 4.5 | 6,000 | 7.875 | 600 S |
| 2.375 | 7,998 | — | — |
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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 14, 1981 | — |
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 42-173-31117 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-173-31117 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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