WELL · 42-221-31066 · DISTRICT 9

Nix Unit #5H

Plugged

Hood County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field · Horizontal

Nix Unit #5H (API 42-221-31066) is a plugged horizontal well in Hood County, plugged December 4, 2020, last operated by Xto Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued November 14, 2005, permitted to 8,900 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Barnett, Ellenburger.

Operator of record

XTO Energy Inc.

Spring, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 16,156 permits on file · (832) 625-1100

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	XTO Energy Inc.
Production reports	XTO Energy Inc.through May 2015
Latest permit	XTO Energy Inc.Nov 14, 2005

8,900: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Nov 14, 2005: last permit issued
Aug 18, 2006: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
504K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2006 THROUGH Dec 2020

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Aug 18, 2006
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 4, 2020

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
Nix Unit G-13-224946	Newark, East (Barnett Shale)	XTO Energy Inc.	1	0	504K	Aug 2006 – Dec 2020

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.

1XTO Energy Inc.Aug 2006 → May 2015

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
609335-98	Drill	XTO Energy Inc.	Sep 29, 2006	Nov 14, 2005	Feb 28, 2006	8,900
609335-99	Drill	Peak Energy Operating #2, LLC	Nov 10, 2005	Nov 14, 2005	Feb 27, 2006	5,563

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-13-224946	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,011 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
BarnettBARNETT SHALE	5,225	-4,214
BarnettUPPER BARNETT	5,268	-4,257
Ellenburger	5,326	-4,315

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,580	8,452	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	888	12.25	460 S
5.5	8,750	7.875	1,130 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. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Apr 14, 2007	Jan 12, 2007	Yes
00	Mar 1, 2007	—	—

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 42-221-31066 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-221-31066 → 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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