TEXAS · WELLS · HARTLEY COUNTY · BALFOUR LEASE · API 42-205-30175 · DISTRICT 08
Balfour #9
Hartley County · Panhandle West field · Vertical
Balfour #9 (API 42-205-30175) is a plugged well in Hartley County, plugged March 29, 2012, last operated by Conocophillips Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 21, 1986, permitted to 3,750 ft.
It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Conocophillips Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Panhandle Lime, Brown Dolomite, Moore County Lime.
Its lease has reported 305K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,290
- Phone
- (432) 683-7443
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Conocophillips Company |
| Production reports | Conocophillips Companythrough Jul 2011 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanyMar 21, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,750
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 21, 1986
- last permit issued
- May 26, 1986
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 305K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2011
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 26, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 29, 2012
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour G-14-121559 | Panhandle, West | Conocophillips Company | 1 | 0 | 305K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2011 |
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 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Jul 2011
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300177-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Mar 21, 1986 | Mar 21, 1986 | Mar 28, 1986 | 3,750 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1986 | Balfour G-14-121559 | Panhandle West | Conocophillips Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,807 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Panhandle Lime | 3,043 | 764 |
| Brown Dolomite | 3,256 | 551 |
| Moore County Lime | 3,551 | 256 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,378 | 3,386 | Perforated |
| 3,392 | 3,402 | Perforated |
| 3,418 | 3,422 | Perforated |
| 3,434 | 3,446 | Perforated |
| 3,458 | 3,478 | Perforated |
| 3,506 | 3,536 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,901 | 12.25 | 1,062 S |
| 5.5 | 3,657 | 7.875 | 200 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 | Jul 18, 1986 | Jun 12, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 9, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-205-30175 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-205-30175 → 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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