TEXAS · WELLS · HARTLEY COUNTY · API 42-205-00187 · DISTRICT 08
Balfour #7
Hartley County · Channing East (Red Cave) field · Vertical
Balfour #7 (API 42-205-00187) is a plugged well in Hartley County, plugged June 25, 1996, last operated by Phillips Petroleum Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 1, 1994, permitted to 3,000 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Red Cave, Brown Dolomite, Moore County Lime.
Its 2 leases have reported 66.5K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 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
- Jul 30, 2002
- Permits on file
- 2,544
- Phone
- (918) 661-6600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Production reports | Phillips Petroleum Companythrough Jun 1996 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanyMar 1, 1994 |
- 3,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 1, 1994
- last permit issued
- Mar 21, 1994
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 66.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1996
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 21, 1994
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 25, 1996
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour G-14-150282 | Channing, East (Red Cave) | Phillips Petroleum Company | 1 | 0 | 7.68K | Mar 1994 – Jun 1996 |
| Balfour G-14-24730 | Panhandle, West | Phillips Petroleum Company | 1 | 0 | 58.8K | Jan 1993 – Nov 1993 |
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.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Jun 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 421521-99 | Recompletion | Phillips Petroleum Company | Feb 25, 1994 | Mar 1, 1994 | Feb 23, 1994 | 3,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 1994 | Balfour G-14-150282 | Channing East (Red Cave) | Phillips Petroleum Company | Plugged | — |
| Feb 13, 1967 | Balfour G-14-24730 | Panhandle West | Phillips Petroleum Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,652 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Red Cave | 2,400 | 1,252 |
| Brown Dolomite | 2,968 | 684 |
| Moore County Lime | 3,105 | 547 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,496 | 2,506 | Perforated |
| 2,550 | 2,572 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 600 | 13.75 | 350 S |
| 4.5 | 2,838 | 7 | 200 S |
| 7 | 2,968 | 10 | 150 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Nov 4, 1994 | May 4, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 3, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-205-00187 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-205-00187 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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