TEXAS · WELLS · HOWARD COUNTY · API 42-227-40370 · DISTRICT 08
Nature Boy SWD #1
Howard County · Vertical
Nature Boy Swd #1 (API 42-227-40370) is a former disposal or injection well in Howard County, last operated by Birch Operations, Inc.; its UIC permit is no longer active.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2019 and 2021, permitted to 12,000 ft.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 9, 2026
- Permits on file
- 619
- Phone
- (832) 701-1776
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Birch Operations, Inc.Oct 1, 2021 |
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Oct 1, 2021
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Surface location
32.367555, -101.592989 NAD27, as filed
32.367671, -101.593396 WGS84
Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, referenced to NAD27 as the RRC files it; the WGS84 pair is the same point through NOAA's NADCON grid, and the map link uses it, in Howard County.
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Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 873163-99 | Drill | Birch Operations, Inc. | Sep 28, 2021 | Oct 1, 2021 | — | 12,000 |
| 857001-99 | Drill | Birch Operations, Inc. | Sep 11, 2019 | Sep 16, 2019 | — | 12,000 |
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 42-227-40370 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-40370 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
Nearby wells and their tops
NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM
Draw a cross-section
This well has no tops filed, so it cannot anchor a section; its neighbors can.
Section of the neighbors →Vic the Demon 34-46 A42-227-40769
1.7 KM · Birch Operations, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Santa Rosa | 850 | 1,754 |
| Rustler | 1,301 | 1,303 |
| Yates | 1,895 | 709 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,028 | 576 |
| San Andres | 3,281 | -677 |
| Glorieta | 4,167 | -1,563 |
| Clear Fork | 4,450 | -1,846 |
| Spraberry | 6,418 | -3,814 |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Sebastian the Ibis 34-27 A42-227-40764
1.7 KM · Birch Operations, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Santa Rosa | 859 | 1,740 |
| Rustler | 1,295 | 1,304 |
| Yates | 1,897 | 702 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,034 | 565 |
| San Andres | 3,281 | -682 |
| Glorieta | 4,178 | -1,579 |
| Clear Fork | 4,445 | -1,846 |
| Spraberry | 6,431 | -3,832 |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Vic the Demon 34-46 A42-227-40770
1.7 KM · Birch Operations, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Santa Rosa | 850 | 1,754 |
| Rustler | 1,299 | 1,305 |
| Yates | 1,892 | 712 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,027 | 577 |
| San Andres | 3,277 | -673 |
| Glorieta | 4,162 | -1,558 |
| Clear Fork | 4,451 | -1,847 |
| Spraberry | 6,419 | -3,815 |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Bernard42-227-40666
1.7 KM · SM Energy Company · Section with this well →
| Rustler | 1,235 | 1,316 |
| Yates | 1,865 | 686 |
| Seven Rivers | 1,981 | 570 |
| San Andres | 3,476 | -925 |
| Glorieta | 4,029 | -1,478 |
| Clear Fork | 4,484 | -1,933 |
| Leonard | 5,031 | -2,480 |
| Spraberry | 6,428 | -3,877 |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Bernard42-227-40667
1.7 KM · SM Energy Company · Section with this well →
| Rustler | 1,232 | 1,318 |
| Yates | 1,865 | 685 |
| Seven Rivers | 1,976 | 574 |
| San Andres | 3,479 | -929 |
| Glorieta | 4,001 | -1,451 |
| Clear Fork | 4,498 | -1,948 |
| Spraberry | 6,420 | -3,870 |
| Leonard | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Sebastian the Ibis 34-27 A42-227-40765
1.7 KM · Birch Operations, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Santa Rosa | 856 | 1,743 |
| Rustler | 1,293 | 1,306 |
| Yates | 1,895 | 704 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,029 | 570 |
| San Andres | 3,286 | -687 |
| Glorieta | 4,186 | -1,587 |
| Clear Fork | 4,449 | -1,850 |
| Spraberry | 6,427 | -3,828 |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Bernard42-227-40668
1.7 KM · SM Energy Company · Section with this well →
| Rustler | 1,217 | 1,332 |
| Yates | 1,862 | 687 |
| Seven Rivers | 1,976 | 573 |
| San Andres | 3,485 | -936 |
| Glorieta | 3,907 | -1,358 |
| Clear Fork | 4,504 | -1,955 |
| Spraberry | 6,412 | -3,863 |
| Leonard | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Vic the Demon 34-46 B42-227-40771
1.7 KM · Birch Operations, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Santa Rosa | 860 | 1,743 |
| Rustler | 1,300 | 1,303 |
| Yates | 1,896 | 707 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,031 | 572 |
| San Andres | 3,287 | -684 |
| Glorieta | 4,162 | -1,559 |
| Clear Fork | 4,438 | -1,835 |
| Spraberry | 6,423 | -3,820 |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 0
- bbl, all reported
- Jan 2024
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000124779 | W-14 Disposal | Canceled Jul 6, 2024 | 20,000 | 5,200 | 10,400–12,000 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
USGS catalog, Texas
Seismicity near this well
- 7
- M2+ events within 10 km, last 2 years
- M2.8
- largest
A proximity count, not an attribution. How to read 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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