TEXAS · WELLS · HOCKLEY COUNTY · API 42-219-01656 · DISTRICT 7B
West Sundown Unit #8
Hockley County · Slaughter field · Shut In · Horizontal
West Sundown Unit #8 (API 42-219-01656) is a horizontal well in Hockley County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed March 1, 2000 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2016.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 23, 1999, permitted to 5,629 ft.
It was permitted by Bass Enterprises Production CO. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Dense 1, Dense2.
Its 2 leases have reported 7.2M barrels of oil and 4.89M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 250 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Bass Enterprises Production Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | OXY USA EOR, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Bass Enterprises Production Co.Dec 23, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,629
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 23, 1999
- last permit issued
- Mar 1, 2000
- completed
- 7.2M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 4.89M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 1, 2000
- Shut in
- Mar 1, 2016
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 250 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Sundown Unit O-11-70442 | Slaughter | OXY USA EOR, LLC | 240 | 6.39M | 4.65M | May 2016 – Apr 2026 |
| Sun-Denton O-11-6015 | Slaughter | OXY USA Inc. | 10 | 812K | 234K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2016 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 891,436 · prior 12 936,792(-5%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 535,070 · prior 12 832,821(-36%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bass Enterprises Production Co.Jan 1993 → Dec 2006
- 2Bepco, L.P.Jan 2007 → Nov 2008
- 3Bopco, L.P.Dec 2008 → Mar 2011
- 4OXY USA Inc.Apr 2011 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 490623-99 | Recompletion | Bass Enterprises Production Co. | Dec 23, 1999 | Dec 23, 1999 | Dec 27, 1999 | 4,975 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2000 | West Sundown Unit O-11-70442 | Slaughter | Hilcorp Energy Company | Shut In · shut in Mar 1, 2016 | 5,629 |
| Mar 1, 2000 | Sun-Denton O-11-6015 | Slaughter | OXY USA Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,539 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Dense 1 | 4,907 | -1,368 |
| DENSE2 | 4,960 | -1,421 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,716 | 5,629 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 292 | 13.75 | 175 S |
| 5.5 | 4,855 | 7.875 | 275 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 | May 5, 2016 | Apr 26, 2000 | — |
| 00 | Sep 20, 2000 | Apr 26, 2000 | — |
| 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 42-219-01656 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-219-01656 → 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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