WELL · 42-239-02790 · DISTRICT 2

West Ranch "A" #444

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Jackson County · West Ranch (5000) field  · Vertical

West Ranch "A" #444 (API 42-239-02790) is a well in Jackson County operated by Mobil Oil Corporation, completed May 1, 1973.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1982 and 1986, permitted to 6,478 ft.

It was permitted by Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc. and has since transferred to Mobil Oil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Catahoula, Frio, Gretta.

Its lease has reported 6M barrels of oil and 5.64M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 287 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Mobil Oil Corporation

Permitted by Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Delinquent (D)
P-5 last filed
May 30, 2007
Permits on file
1,487
Phone
(713) 431-1125

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMobil Oil Corporation
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitMobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jul 3, 1986

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

6,478
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Jul 3, 1986
last permit issued
May 1, 1973
completed
6M
cumulative oil, bbl
5.64M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
May 1, 1973
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 287 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
West Ranch -A- O-2-1656West Ranch (Greta)Hilcorp Energy Company2876M5.64MJan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 74,228 · prior 12 84,801(-12%)

05K10K15K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 27,020 · prior 12 53,020(-49%)

010K20K202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Meridian Oil Production Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1996
  2. 2Meridian Oil Inc.Mar 1996 → Jul 1996
  3. 3Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.Aug 1996 → Mar 1997
  4. 4Vintage Petroleum, Inc.Apr 1997 → Apr 2006
  5. 5Vintage Petroleum, LLCMay 2006 → Jul 2007
  6. 6Hilcorp Energy CompanyAug 2007 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
303863-99RecompletionMobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jun 30, 1986Jul 3, 1986—6,478
228343-99RecompletionMobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Nov 18, 1983Jan 12, 1984—6,478
165896-99RecompletionMobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jul 6, 1982Jul 6, 1982—5,690

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-2-1656————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 25 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Catahoula4,261-4,236
Frio5,000-4,975
Gretta5,102-5,077

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,9594,967Perforated
5,1175,128Perforated
5,5005,512Perforated
5,5935,596Perforated
—6,260Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.751,323——
10.751,34013.5950 S
10.751,340——
2.3755,412——
76,458——
76,4759.875850 S
76,475——

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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 17, 2018Nov 9, 2017—
00Oct 7, 1986Sep 26, 1986Yes
00Sep 30, 1986——
00Oct 24, 1984Mar 19, 1984Yes
00Jan 12, 1984Jan 10, 1983—
00Jan 12, 1984Sep 20, 1976—
00Jan 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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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