WELL · 42-181-01226 · DISTRICT 9

Big Mineral Creek/Strawn 1/Unit #444

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Grayson County  · Vertical

Big Mineral Creek/Strawn 1/Unit #444 (API 42-181-01226) is a permitted well in Grayson County filed by Shell Western E&P Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1987 and 1994, permitted to 7,100 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Strawn, Barnes, "S" Sand.

Its 3 leases have reported 3.16M barrels of oil and 1.48M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 254 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Shell Western E&P Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2000 · 2,528 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsFlintlock Exploration, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Sep 16, 1994
7,100
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Sep 16, 1994
last permit issued
—
completed
3.16M
cumulative oil, bbl
1.48M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 254 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Super Unit O-13-29589Big Mineral Creek (Consolidated)Flintlock Exploration, LLC1622.46M1.33MDec 1998 – Jul 2026
Big Mineral Creek/Barnes SD/Unit O-13-12557Big Mineral Creek (Barnes Sand)Venoco, Inc.40267K105KJan 1993 – Mar 2008
Big Mineral Creek/Strawn I/Unit O-13-20115Big Mineral Creek (Strawn)Venoco, Inc.52427K43.9KJan 1993 – Jun 1999

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 37,987 · prior 12 38,898(-2%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 44,833 · prior 12 32,641(+37%)

05K10K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Shell Western E&P Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1996
  2. 2Venoco, Inc.Aug 1996 → Mar 2005
  3. 3Blackwell BMC, LPApr 2005 → Mar 2007
  4. 4Blackwell BMC, LLCApr 2007 → May 2011
  5. 5Jetta Operating Company, Inc.Jun 2011 → Aug 2025
  6. 6Flintlock Exploration, LLCSep 2025 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
428135-99RecompletionShell Western E&P Inc.Sep 16, 1994Sep 16, 1994—7,100
346898-99RecompletionShell Western E&P Inc.May 24, 1988Jun 6, 1988—7,100
327797-99RecompletionShell Western E&P Inc.Mar 16, 1987Mar 18, 1987—7,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-13-12557————
—— O-13-20115————
—— O-13-29589————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 436 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
StrawnSTRAWN I3,450-3,014
StrawnSTRAWN II3,590-3,154
StrawnSTRAWN II3,602-3,166
Barnes4,850-4,414
"S" Sand5,230-4,794

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,4543,523Perforated
4,9705,170Perforated
5,3236,130Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7543613.75200 S
10.75436—200 S
5.56,8367.875700 S
5.56,836—700 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
00Apr 25, 2001Feb 28, 2001—
00Jan 4, 1999May 22, 1987Yes
00Aug 19, 1988Jul 11, 1988Yes
00Jul 21, 1988——
00Dec 4, 1987May 22, 1987Yes
00Nov 18, 1987——
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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