TEXAS · WELLS · HOCKLEY COUNTY · ELLWOOD "A" LEASE · API 42-219-34541 · DISTRICT 7B
Ellwood A #176
Hockley County · Smyer field · Vertical
Ellwood A #176 (API 42-219-34541) is a plugged well in Hockley County, plugged October 26, 2009, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 26, 1984, permitted to 6,220 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production CO.-Levelland and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Clear Fork.
Its lease has reported 6.4M barrels of oil and 726K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 161 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Co.-Levelland; 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 | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production Co.-LevellandSep 26, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,220
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 26, 1984
- last permit issued
- Nov 11, 1984
- completed
- 6.4M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 726K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 11, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 26, 2009
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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; they carry 161 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellwood "A" O-11-6169 | Smyer | Hilcorp Energy Company | 161 | 6.4M | 726K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 38,982 · prior 12 47,545(-18%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,571 · prior 12 355(+343%)
Wells named Ellwood A
Hilcorp Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Hockley County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1MW Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Aug 1998
- 2Apache CorporationSep 1998 → Nov 2024
- 3Hilcorp Energy CompanyDec 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 252765-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Co.-Levelland | Sep 26, 1984 | Sep 26, 1984 | Oct 23, 1984 | 6,220 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 1984 | Ellwood A O-11-6169 | Smyer | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,430 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| RustlerRUSTLER ANHYDRITE | 2,060 | 1,370 |
| YatesYATES SAND | 2,625 | 805 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 5,819 | -2,389 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,819 | 6,031 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 450 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 5.5 | 5,819 | 7.875 | 1,625 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 | Dec 21, 1984 | Dec 10, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Dec 20, 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 42-219-34541 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-219-34541 → 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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