TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · W.F. HECHLER LEASE · API 42-227-37604 · DISTRICT 7B
W.F. Hechler #7
Howard County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
W.F. Hechler #7 (API 42-227-37604) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged November 20, 2023, last operated by Surge Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 20, 2013, permitted to 7,800 ft.
It was permitted by Apache Corporation and has since transferred to Surge Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Yates, Grayburg, San Andres, Clear Fork.
Its lease has reported 89.6K barrels of oil and 113K mcf of gas since May 2013, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Apache Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 14, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,234
- Phone
- (832) 333-2300
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Surge Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Surge Operating, LLCthrough Nov 2022 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationSep 20, 2013 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 20, 2013
- last permit issued
- Dec 1, 2013
- completed
- 89.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 113K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2013 THROUGH Nov 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 1, 2013
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 20, 2023
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.F. Hechler O-10-45081 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Surge Operating, LLC | 4 | 89.6K | 113K | May 2013 – Nov 2022 |
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.
- 1Apache CorporationMay 2013 → Jul 2021
- 2Surge Operating, LLCAug 2021 → Jun 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 768529-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Aug 19, 2013 | Sep 20, 2013 | Oct 3, 2013 | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2013 | W.F. Hechler O-10-45081 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Surge Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,464 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 1,533 | 931 |
| Grayburg | 2,472 | -8 |
| San Andres | 2,657 | -193 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 3,635 | -1,171 |
| SpraberrySPRABERRY (UPPER) | 5,192 | -2,728 |
| Wolfcamp | 6,538 | -4,074 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,310 | 7,152 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 453 | 17.5 | 455 S |
| 8.625 | 3,206 | 11 | 850 S |
| 5.5 | 7,522 | 7.875 | 750 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 | Sep 17, 2014 | Aug 20, 2014 | Yes |
Well logs
4 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Oct 12, 2016. Density, Neutron, Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Yates, Grayburg, San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 200 to 7,518 | Oct 12, 2016run Oct 8, 2013 | 6.78 |
| RESISTIVITYSpans San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 3,201 to 7,470 | Oct 12, 2016run Oct 8, 2013 | 1.76 |
| RESISTIVITYSpans San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 3,201 to 7,489 | Oct 12, 2016run Oct 8, 2013 | 5.52 |
| RESISTIVITYSpans San Andres, Clear Fork, Spraberry, Wolfcamp | TIFF | 3,201 to 7,512 | Oct 12, 2016run Oct 8, 2013 | 5.09 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-227-37604 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-37604 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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