WELL · 42-227-81983 · DISTRICT 8
Big Spring Brine Station #6
Howard County · Vertical
Big Spring Brine Station #6 (API 42-227-81983) is a disposal or injection well in Howard County operated by Nes Permian Basin, L.P. under an active UIC permit.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2001 and 2006, permitted to 1,500 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Salado.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 43.5K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through December 2025.
Operator of record
Lafayette, LA · P-5 Y, filed Aug 3, 2007 · 7 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Nes Permian Basin, L.P.Nov 3, 2006 |
- 1,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 3, 2006
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs Brine Station O-10-30477 | Sand Springs (Fusselman) | PWS-ES, LLC | 6 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 628477-99 | Recompletion | Nes Permian Basin, L.P. | Nov 2, 2006 | Nov 3, 2006 | Jan 29, 2007 | 1,500 |
| 504783-99 | Recompletion | Nes Permian Basin, L.P. | Jan 31, 2001 | Jan 31, 2001 | — | 1,270 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-30477 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,760 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Salado | 900 | 1,860 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 900 | 1,117 | Perforated |
| 900 | 1,141 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.75 | 100 | 15 | — |
| 9.625 | 900 | 11 | — |
| 7 | 965 | — | — |
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, 2020 | Nov 14, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Apr 7, 2020 | Apr 4, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Sep 6, 2017 | Jun 16, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Dec 12, 2007 | Feb 27, 2007 | — |
| 00 | Nov 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 42-227-81983 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-227-81983 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 43.5K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 1.69M
- bbl, all reported
- Dec 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000091350 | W-14 Disposal | Active | 5,000 | 400 | 900–1,270 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 43,471 · prior 12 57,509(-24%)
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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