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West Ranch (41-a/98-a Cons) Unit #492

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Jackson County · West Ranch (41-a & 98-a Cons.) field · Producing  · Vertical

West Ranch (41-A/98-A Cons) Unit #492 (API 42-239-31255) is a well in Jackson County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed May 27, 2022 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 4 drilling permits between 1978 and 2015, permitted to 6,257 ft.

Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Catahoula, Frio, Greta, Marginulina.

Its 3 leases have reported 17.1M barrels of oil and 8.36M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 606 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Hilcorp Energy Company

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Mar 27, 2026
Permits on file
3,458
Phone
(713) 209-2400
Watch this operatorWatch Jackson County

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHilcorp Energy Company
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitHilcorp Energy CompanyFeb 17, 2015
6,257
total depth, ft
4
permits on file
Feb 17, 2015
last permit issued
May 27, 2022
completed
17.1M
cumulative oil, bbl
8.36M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
May 27, 2022
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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 606 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 – Apr 2026
West Ranch (41-a/98-a Cons) Unit O-2-11296West Ranch (41-a & 98-a Cons.)Hilcorp Energy Company2539.11M7.69KJul 2016 – Apr 2026
West Ranch -A- O-2-1696West Ranch (41-A)Hilcorp Energy Company662M2.71MJan 1993 – Jan 2015

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 858,307 · prior 12 963,567(-11%)

050K100K202420252026

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
803814-99RecompletionHilcorp Energy CompanyFeb 16, 2015Feb 17, 2015Feb 16, 20156,221
383679-99RecompletionMobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jan 21, 1991Jan 21, 1991Feb 15, 19916,221
369947-99RecompletionMobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Feb 16, 1990Feb 20, 1990—6,221
16495-99DrillMobil Oil CorporationJan 17, 1978Jan 17, 1978May 16, 19786,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
May 27, 2022West Ranch (41-a/98-a Cons) Unit O-2-11296West Ranch (41-a & 98-a Cons.)Hilcorp Energy CompanyProducing6,257
Mar 1, 1991West Ranch -A- O-2-1656West Ranch (Greta)Hilcorp Energy CompanyNot on Schedule—
Sep 22, 1990West Ranch -A- O-2-1696West Ranch (41-A)Hilcorp Energy CompanyNot on Schedule—
Feb 20, 1987West Ranch -A- O-2-1703West Ranch (98-A)Hilcorp Energy CompanyNot on Schedule—
Jun 28, 1978West Ranch -A- O-2-1696West Ranch (41-A)Hilcorp Energy CompanyNot on Schedule—
Jun 8, 1978West Ranch -A- O-2-1703West Ranch (98-A)Hilcorp Energy CompanyNot on Schedule—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 35 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Catahoula4,261-4,226
CatahoulaCATAHOULA - DISPOSAL, H2S (CORDE4,261-4,226
CatahoulaCATAHOULA - DISPOSAL, H2S (CORDE4,320-4,285
Frio5,000-4,965
Greta5,000-4,965
Marginulina5,000-4,965
Frio5,025-4,990
FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL5,025-4,990
Gretta - Disposal5,025-4,990
Frio5,102-5,067
FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL5,102-5,067
Gretta5,102-5,067
Greta5,110-5,075
Gretta5,115-5,080
Gretta - Disposal5,115-5,080
Toney5,430-5,395
Glasscock5,480-5,445
41-A5,720-5,685
98-A6,127-6,092

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,0805,100Perforated
5,6905,712Perforated
5,6915,694Perforated
5,7025,704Perforated
5,7115,718Perforated
6,0946,110Perforated
6,0956,102Perforated
6,0977,106Perforated
6,1266,184Perforated
6,1276,134Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.751,31414.75750 S
10.751,314——
2.3755,630——
2.3756,083——
76,2219.8751,218 S
76,221——

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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jun 28, 2022Jun 15, 2022—
00Aug 4, 2020Jul 22, 2020—
00Apr 30, 2019Apr 11, 2019—
00Feb 27, 2018Sep 13, 2017—
00May 25, 2017Feb 2, 2017Yes
00Apr 25, 1991Mar 18, 1991Yes
00Mar 27, 1991Oct 31, 1990—
00Dec 3, 1990Oct 31, 1990—
00Apr 26, 1990Mar 14, 1990Yes
00Apr 4, 1990——
00Mar 23, 1987Mar 9, 1987Yes
00Jan 12, 1984Mar 14, 1983—
00Jan 12, 1984Jul 25, 1978—

The source documents

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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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