TEXAS · WELLS · HOUSTON COUNTY · API 42-225-30388 · DISTRICT 03
Hester B #1
Houston County · Ft. Trinidad NE (Georgetown) field · Vertical
Hester B #1 (API 42-225-30388) is a plugged well in Houston County, plugged February 15, 2007, last operated by Noble Energy Inc.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 2006, permitted to 10,600 ft.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Woodbine, Buda, Georgetown.
Its 2 leases have reported 20.9K barrels of oil and 891K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 26, 2025
- Permits on file
- 565
- Phone
- (866) 212-1212
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Noble Energy Inc |
| Production reports | Noble Energy Incthrough Jul 2006 |
| Latest permit | Noble Energy IncJun 8, 2006 |
- 10,600
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 8, 2006
- last permit issued
- Aug 1, 2006
- completed
- 20.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 891K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1994 THROUGH Jul 2006
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 1, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 15, 2007
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hester "B" G-3-97468 | Ft. Trinidad, NE. (Glenrose, UP) | Noble Energy Inc | 1 | 20.9K | 891K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2006 |
| Hester B O-3-24893 | Ft. Trinidad, NE (Georgetown) | Noble Energy Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aug 2006 – — |
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.
- 1Samedan Oil CorporationMay 1994 → Dec 2002
- 2Noble Energy IncJan 2003 → Jul 2006
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620613-99 | Recompletion | Noble Energy Inc | Jun 7, 2006 | Jun 8, 2006 | Jul 6, 2006 | 10,280 |
| 121369-99 | Drill | Samedan Oil Corporation | Jun 15, 1981 | Jun 15, 1981 | — | 10,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2006 | Hester B O-3-24893 | Ft. Trinidad NE (Georgetown) | Noble Energy Inc | Plugged | — |
| Dec 23, 1981 | Hester B G-3-97468 | Ft. Trinidad NE. (Glenrose UP) | Noble Energy Inc | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 256 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 7,516 | -7,260 |
| Woodbine | 7,853 | -7,597 |
| Buda | 8,796 | -8,540 |
| Georgetown | 8,864 | -8,608 |
| Edwards | 9,456 | -9,200 |
| Glen RoseGLEN ROSE UPPER | 9,918 | -9,662 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,920 | 8,950 | Perforated |
| 10,344 | 10,454 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,727 | 12.25 | 1,850 S |
| 2.375 | 10,175 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,585 | 8.75 | 700 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 | Feb 13, 2007 | Sep 8, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Sep 26, 2006 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 11, 1982 | — |
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 42-225-30388 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-225-30388 → 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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