TEXAS · WELLS · HOOD COUNTY · HOUSTON RANCH 16A LEASE · API 42-221-30781 · DISTRICT 6E
Houston Ranch 16A #16A
Hood County · Houston Ranch (Strawn) field · Vertical
Houston Ranch 16a #16A (API 42-221-30781) is a plugged well in Hood County, plugged November 3, 2005, last operated by Eog Resources Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 21, 1986, permitted to 4,000 ft.
It was permitted by Westridge Oil & Gas Properties and has since transferred to Eog Resources Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Strawn.
Its lease has reported 62.2K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Westridge Oil & Gas Properties; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 2, 2025
- Permits on file
- 16,354
- Phone
- (713) 651-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | EOG Resources Inc. |
| Production reports | EOG Resources, Inc.through Oct 2005 |
| Latest permit | Westridge Oil & Gas PropertiesAug 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.
- 4,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 21, 1986
- last permit issued
- Apr 4, 1989
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 62.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2005
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 4, 1989
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 3, 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Ranch 16A G-8-124799 | Houston Ranch (Strawn) | EOG Resources, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 62.2K | Jan 1993 – Oct 2005 |
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.
- 1Merimac Investments, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1997
- 2Tres Azores Oil & Gas, Inc.Feb 1997 → Feb 2001
- 3Sitton, Ronnie IncorporatedMar 2001 → May 2003
- 4Evarado Oil CompanyJun 2003 → Jul 2004
- 5EOG Resources, Inc.Aug 2004 → Oct 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 305482-99 | Drill | Westridge Oil & Gas Properties | Aug 21, 1986 | Aug 21, 1986 | — | 4,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1989 | Houston Ranch 16A G-8-124799 | Houston Ranch (Strawn) | EOG Resources Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,085 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,894 | 2,900 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 400 | 11.75 | 180 S |
| 4.5 | 2,950 | 7.875 | 250 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 24, 1989 | May 25, 1989 | — |
| 00 | Aug 21, 1987 | Jul 30, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 18, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-221-30781 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-221-30781 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
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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