WELL · 42-235-31616 · DISTRICT 7
Winterbotham #1
Irion County · Buttes North (Upper Canyon B) field · Vertical
Winterbotham #1 (API 42-235-31616) is a plugged well in Irion County, plugged December 6, 2017, last operated by Cimarex Energy CO. Of Colorado.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 13, 1980, permitted to 7,310 ft.
It was permitted by Tuthill & Barbee and has since transferred to Cimarex Energy CO. Of Colorado on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Glorieta, Clear Fork, Wichita-Albany, Wolfcamp.
Its 3 leases have reported 16K barrels of oil and 225K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2019. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado
Permitted by Tuthill & Barbee; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 28, 2025
- Permits on file
- 476
- Phone
- (432) 571-7800
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado |
| Production reports | Cimarex Energy Co. of Coloradothrough Jan 2013 |
| Latest permit | Tuthill & BarbeeAug 13, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,310
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 13, 1980
- last permit issued
- Mar 31, 1981
- completed
- 16K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 225K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 31, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 6, 2017
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterbotham O-9-14430 | Buttes North (Upper Canyon A) | Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado | 1 | 11.4K | 184K | Jun 1996 – Feb 2019 |
| Winterbotham O-9-8916 | Buttes North (Upper Canyon B) | Cimarex Energy Co. of Colorado | 1 | 4.67K | 28.1K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2018 |
| Winterbotham G-9-100865 | Buttes North (Upper Canyon A) | Hugoton Energy Corporation | 1 | 0 | 13.4K | Jan 1993 – Jun 1996 |
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.
- 1Tuthill & BarbeeJan 1993 → Aug 1994
- 2Hugoton Energy CorporationSep 1994 → Mar 1998
- 3Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 1998 → Sep 1999
- 4Nadel and Gussman Permian,l.l.c.Oct 1999 → Oct 2004
- 5Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Nov 2004 → Apr 2006
- 6Cimarex Energy Co. of ColoradoMay 2006 → May 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89735-99 | Drill | Tuthill & Barbee | Aug 13, 1980 | Aug 13, 1980 | Feb 7, 1981 | 7,310 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-9-100865 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-8916 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-14430 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,226 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| GlorietaGLORIETTA | 1,050 | 1,176 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 1,290 | 936 |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA | 3,940 | -1,714 |
| Wolfcamp | 5,220 | -2,994 |
| PennsylvanianPENN SHALE | 5,535 | -3,309 |
| CanyonUPPER CANYON | 5,980 | -3,754 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,980 | 6,000 | Perforated |
| 6,058 | 6,076 | Perforated |
| — | 6,000 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 846 | 11 | 500 S |
| 2.375 | 6,040 | — | — |
| 2 | 6,040 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,164 | 7.875 | 200 S |
| 4.5 | 6,207 | 7.875 | 200 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Sep 19, 1996 | Jul 23, 1996 | — |
| 00 | Sep 5, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 2, 1982 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 28, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-235-31616 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-235-31616 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.
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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