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West Ranch -A- #536

Plugged

Jackson County · West Ranch (Greta) field  · Vertical

West Ranch -A- #536 (API 42-239-32962) is a plugged well in Jackson County, plugged August 21, 2009, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 4, 1997, permitted to 5,108 ft.

It was permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including 3650 Miocene, Foster Miocene, Miocene (undifferentiated), Catahoula.

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

Hilcorp Energy Company

Permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Mar 27, 2026
Permits on file
3,454
Phone
(713) 209-2400

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleHilcorp Energy Company
Production reportsHilcorp Energy Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitVintage Petroleum, Inc.Sep 4, 1997

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

5,108
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 4, 1997
last permit issued
Mar 3, 1998
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
Mar 3, 1998
Shut in
—
Plugged
Aug 21, 2009

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
467108-99DrillVintage Petroleum, Inc.Sep 3, 1997Sep 4, 1997Jan 9, 19985,108

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 3, 1998West Ranch -A- O-2-1656West Ranch (Greta)Hilcorp Energy CompanyPlugged—

Formation tops

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

FormationMD ftSubsea
3650 Miocene3,646-3,621
Foster Miocene3,796-3,771
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE 4453,934-3,909
Catahoula4,128-4,103

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,1404,180Perforated
4,2104,350Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
161,65020975 S
10.754,59214.751,585 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jul 14, 1998Apr 6, 1998Yes
00Jul 1, 1998——

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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
0
bbl, all reported
—
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000087213W-14 DisposalPlugged Aug 24, 200980,0002,0004,130–4,440

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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