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TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · FOSTER, W. L. #5 LEASE · API 42-227-31557 · DISTRICT 7B

Foster W. L. #5 #9

Plugged

Howard County · Iatan East Howard field  · Vertical

Foster W. L. #5 #9 (API 42-227-31557) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged October 13, 2023, last operated by Bce-Mach Iii LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 19, 1978, permitted to 3,100 ft.

It was permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc. and has since transferred to Bce-Mach Iii LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Yates, Queen, Grayberg, Grayburg.

Its lease has reported 992K barrels of oil and 165K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 29 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Bce-Mach III LLC

Permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Oklahoma City, OK
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
May 18, 2026
Permits on file
10
Phone
(405) 252-8100
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBce-Mach III LLC
Production reportsBce-Mach III LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitChevron U. S. A. Inc.Jan 19, 1978

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

3,100
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jan 19, 1978
last permit issued
Dec 15, 1993
completed
992K
cumulative oil, bbl
165K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2026

On this page8 formation topsLease production2 completionsInjection volumes

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 15, 1993
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 13, 2023

Surface location

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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 29 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Foster, W. L. #5 O-10-2911Iatan, East HowardBce-Mach III LLC29992K165Kby Jan 1993 – Apr 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 15,225 · prior 12 16,646(-9%)

01K2K202420252026

Wells named Foster W. L. #5

Bce-Mach III LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Howard 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.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Jan 1993 → Aug 2003
  2. 2Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Sep 2003 → Dec 2005
  3. 3Energen Resources CorporationJan 2006 → Jan 2019
  4. 4Diamondback E&P LLCFeb 2019 → Jun 2019
  5. 5Sabinal Energy Operating, LLCJul 2019 → Aug 2025
  6. 6Bce-Mach III LLCSep 2025 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
17394-99DrillChevron U. S. A. Inc.Jan 19, 1978Jan 19, 1978—3,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 15, 1993Foster W. L. #5 O-10-2911Iatan East HowardBce-Mach III LLCPlugged—
Mar 1, 1978Foster W. L. #5 O-10-2911Iatan East HowardBce-Mach III LLCPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,293 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Yates9511,342
Queen1,2261,067
Grayberg1,376917
Grayburg1,376917
San Andres1,541752
Glorieta2,368-75
GlorietaGLORIETTA2,368-75
Clear ForkCLEARFORK2,491-198

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
2,3842,651Perforated
2,3842,758Perforated
2,5682,758Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62519512.25150 S
5.52,9057.875950 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jun 8, 2010Nov 4, 2009—
00Dec 21, 2004Sep 23, 2004—
00Jun 8, 1994Mar 24, 1994—
00Apr 25, 1994Apr 12, 1978—
00Jan 12, 1984Apr 12, 1978—

The source documents

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Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

64.9K
bbl, last 12 reported months
1.88M
bbl, all reported
Dec 2023
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000079314H-1 InjectionPlugged Feb 2, 20241,0001,1002,300–2,900

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 64,851 · prior 12 34,194(+90%)

05K10K15K20222023

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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