WELL · 42-173-32205 · DISTRICT 8
Books E.C. #4
Glasscock County · St. Lawrence (Leonard) field · Vertical
Books E.C. #4 (API 42-173-32205) is a plugged well in Glasscock County, plugged December 28, 1993, last operated by Conoco Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1992, permitted to 9,000 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including St. Lawrence (Leonard), Wolfcamp.
Its 2 leases have reported 309K barrels of oil and 3.09M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in November 2020. The leases carry 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 1, 2011
- Permits on file
- 4,644
- Phone
- (281) 293-5562
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Conoco Inc. |
| Production reports | Hunt Oil Companythrough Oct 2019 |
| Latest permit | Conoco Inc.Oct 13, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Oct 13, 1992
- last permit issued
- Oct 20, 1992
- completed
- 309K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.09M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 20, 1992
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 28, 1993
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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books, E. C. O-10-33259 | Patterson Lake (Wolfcamp) | Hunt Oil Company | 6 | 309K | 3.09M | Jan 1993 – Nov 2020 |
| Books, E.C. O-10-33606 | St. Lawrence (Leonard) | Conoco Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jan 1994 |
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.
- 1Conoco Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1994
- 2Costilla Petroleum CorporationMar 1994 → Jan 1997
- 3Costilla Energy, Inc.Feb 1997 → Nov 1998
- 4Concho Resources Inc.Dec 1998 → Jun 2001
- 5Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jul 2001 → Jun 2002
- 6Merit Energy CompanyJul 2002 → Nov 2013
- 7Hunt Oil CompanyDec 2013 → Oct 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404593-99 | Recompletion | Conoco Inc. | Oct 13, 1992 | Oct 13, 1992 | Oct 15, 1992 | 6,100 |
| 398323-99 | Drill | Conoco Inc. | Apr 13, 1992 | Apr 14, 1992 | Jun 2, 1992 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-33259 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-33606 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,715 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| St. Lawrence (Leonard) | 6,003 | -3,288 |
| Wolfcamp | 8,442 | -5,727 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,003 | 6,038 | Perforated |
| 8,442 | 8,534 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.625 | 407 | 17.5 | 500 S |
| 8.625 | 3,500 | 11 | 1,550 S |
| 5.5 | 8,700 | 7.875 | 1,170 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 | Dec 1, 1992 | Nov 5, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 17, 1992 | Aug 24, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 2, 1992 | Aug 24, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 1, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-173-32205 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-173-32205 → 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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