WELL · 42-177-30430 · DISTRICT 1

Orts H.P. B #4

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Gonzales County · Mag (Austin Chalk) field  · Vertical

Orts H.P. B #4 (API 42-177-30430) is a well in Gonzales County operated by Transocean Oil Inc., completed March 1, 1978.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 20, 1977, permitted to 7,765 ft.

Its lease has reported 177K barrels of oil and 57.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Transocean Oil Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 15, 1982 · 25 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleTransocean Oil Inc.
Production reportsLacy 03, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitTransocean Oil, Inc.Dec 20, 1977

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

7,765
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Dec 20, 1977
last permit issued
Mar 1, 1978
completed
177K
cumulative oil, bbl
57.8K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 1, 1978
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Orts, H.P. -B- O-1-5026Mag (Austin Chalk)Lacy 03, LLC5177K57.8KJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 4,079 · prior 12 5,402(-24%)

05001K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 2,726 · prior 12 3,348(-19%)

0200400600202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Meridian Oil Production Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
  2. 2Lacy, J. W., Jr.Aug 1993 → Dec 2007
  3. 3Lacy 03, LLCJan 2008 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
14352-99DrillTransocean Oil, Inc.Dec 20, 1977Dec 20, 1977Jan 23, 19787,765

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-1-5026————

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,1907,206Perforated
7,3447,354Perforated
7,3707,380Perforated
7,3947,416Perforated
7,5947,574Perforated
—7,626Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
11.75400——
8.6252,830——
5.57,765——

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
00Jun 22, 1988Jun 6, 1988—
00Jan 12, 1984——

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). 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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