WELL · 42-249-30814 · DISTRICT 4

Higginbotham #1

Plugged

Jim Wells County · Alice (3400 Frio) field · Vertical

Higginbotham #1 (API 42-249-30814) is a plugged well in Jim Wells County, plugged October 8, 2001, last operated by Buffalo Oil Corp..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 4, 1977, permitted to 8,512 ft.

It was permitted by Dinero Oil Company and has since transferred to Buffalo Oil Corp. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Buffalo Oil Corp.

Permitted by Dinero Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Cotulla, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 8 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Buffalo Oil Corp.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Dinero Oil CompanyOct 4, 1977

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

8,512: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 4, 1977: last permit issued
Oct 22, 1980: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2001

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 22, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Oct 8, 2001

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
Higginbotham G-4-75405	Alice (3400 Frio)	Buffalo Oil Corp.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Oct 2001

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
8512-99	Drill	Dinero Oil Company	Oct 4, 1977	Oct 4, 1977	—	8,512

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-75405	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,580	2,610	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	730	12.25	355 S
8.625	750	12.25	355 S
2.875	3,976	7.625	1,055 S
2.875	3,976	7.875	1,055 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	Dec 6, 1999	Nov 2, 1999	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Mar 10, 1978	—

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 42-249-30814 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-249-30814 → 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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0: bbl, last 12 reported months
94.4K: bbl, all reported
Mar 2001: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000041502	W-14 Disposal	Plugged Oct 16, 2001	70	700	2,580–2,610

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 12 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0

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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