WELL · 42-181-01682 · DISTRICT 9

Big Mineral Creek/Strawn I/Unit #442W

Plugged

Grayson County · Big Mineral Creek (Strawn) field  · Vertical

Big Mineral Creek/Strawn I/Unit #442W (API 42-181-01682) is a plugged well in Grayson County, plugged June 27, 2023, last operated by Venoco Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 30, 1986, permitted to 5,400 ft.

It was permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc. and has since transferred to Venoco Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Strawn, Barnes Sd.

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

Venoco Inc.

Permitted by Shell Western E&P Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Inactive, filed Sep 3, 2009 · 15 permits on file · (713) 533-4027

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleVenoco Inc.
Production reportsFlintlock Exploration, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitShell Western E&P Inc.Jun 30, 1986

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

5,400
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 30, 1986
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
Jun 27, 2023

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
303681-99RecompletionShell Western E&P Inc.Jun 26, 1986Jun 30, 1986—5,400

Completions

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

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 621 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
StrawnSTRAWN 13,433-2,812
StrawnSTRAWN II3,590-2,969
Barnes SD5,070-4,449

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,5643,574Perforated
3,5643,582Perforated
3,5643,582Open hole
3,5643,598Perforated
3,5823,598Perforated
3,5823,598Open hole
5,0705,222Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.7542613.25230 S
2.3755,015——
5.55,3857.875450 S
5.55,38518905 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
00Jan 5, 2022Dec 14, 2021—
00Feb 16, 2000Oct 18, 1989—
00Jan 4, 1999Oct 18, 1989—
00Nov 6, 1992Oct 21, 1992—
00Dec 4, 1989Oct 18, 1989—
00Nov 30, 1989Nov 1, 1989—
00Nov 13, 1989Oct 10, 1989—
00Jul 10, 1987May 20, 1987—
00Oct 9, 1986Aug 25, 1986—
00Sep 13, 1986——
00Jan 12, 1984Jul 24, 1980—
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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
969K
bbl, all reported
Sep 2023
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000031095H-1 InjectionPlugged Aug 16, 20231,0002,5005,070–5,293
000060630H-1 InjectionPlugged Aug 16, 20235001,7753,564–3,598

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120222023

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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