WELL · 42-239-02916 · DISTRICT 2
Vanderbilt State -B- #6
Jackson County · West Ranch (Ward) field · Vertical
Vanderbilt State -B- #6 (API 42-239-02916) is a permitted well in Jackson County filed by Exxon Corp.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 1985, permitted to 5,782 ft.
It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Vintage Petroleum Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Catahoula, Frio, Greta.
Its lease has reported 143K barrels of oil and 90.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 6, 2006 · 553 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Vintage Petroleum Inc. |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough May 2016 |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.Jun 11, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,782
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 11, 1985
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 143K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 90.6K
- 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt State -B- O-2-7087 | West Ranch (Mitchell) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 143K | 90.6K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Dec 1993
- 2Meridian Oil Production Inc.Jan 1994 → Feb 1996
- 3Meridian Oil Inc.Mar 1996 → Jul 1996
- 4Burlington Resources Oil&gas Co.Aug 1996 → Mar 1997
- 5Vintage Petroleum, Inc.Apr 1997 → Apr 2006
- 6Vintage Petroleum, LLCMay 2006 → Jul 2007
- 7Hilcorp Energy CompanyAug 2007 → May 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 277447-99 | Recompletion | Exxon Corp. | May 2, 1985 | Jun 11, 1985 | — | 5,782 |
| 42557-99 | Recompletion | Exxon Corp. | Jan 29, 1979 | Jan 29, 1979 | — | 5,735 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-7087 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 14 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,433 | 5,492 | Perforated |
| 5,636 | 5,646 | Perforated |
| 5,695 | — | Perforated |
| — | 5,620 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 111 | 17.5 | 160 S |
| 13.375 | 125 | 17.5 | 160 S |
| 9.625 | 1,461 | 12.25 | 475 S |
| 9.625 | 1,514 | 12.25 | 475 S |
| 2.375 | 5,399 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 5,723 | 8.75 | 300 S |
| 5.5 | 5,735 | 8.75 | 300 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 | Nov 13, 2019 | Feb 5, 2018 | — |
| 00 | Apr 16, 1986 | Mar 19, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 5, 1986 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 23, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 4, 1976 | — |
| 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 42-239-02916 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-239-02916 → 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.
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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