WELL · 42-289-31173 · DISTRICT 5
Fossil Wildman-Hilltop #1
Leon County · Hilltop Resort (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Fossil Wildman-Hilltop #1 (API 42-289-31173) is a plugged horizontal well in Leon County, plugged March 23, 2015, last operated by Fossil Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 13, 1992, permitted to 6,500 ft.
It was permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc. and has since transferred to Fossil Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Gober, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 107K barrels of oil and 1.22K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 2015.
Operator of record
Permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 29, 2018
- Permits on file
- 92
- Phone
- (972) 681-8047
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Fossil Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Gastar Exploration Texas, LPthrough Sep 2010 |
| Latest permit | United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Nov 13, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 13, 1992
- last permit issued
- Dec 6, 2011
- completed
- 107K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.22K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 6, 2011
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 23, 2015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil Wildman-Hilltop O-5-3437 | Hilltop Resort (Austin Chalk) | Fossil Operating, Inc. | 1 | 107K | 1.22K | Jan 1993 – Jun 2015 |
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.
- 1United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1999
- 2Stratco Operating Co., Inc.Feb 1999 → Feb 2003
- 3Cambrian Management LtdMay 2003 → Mar 2004
- 4Palisades Operating CompanyApr 2004 → Sep 2009
- 5Gastar Exploration Texas, LPFeb 2010 → Sep 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 406049-99 | Drill | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | Nov 13, 1992 | Nov 13, 1992 | Nov 24, 1992 | 6,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-5-3437 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 502 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Gober | 5,720 | -5,218 |
| Austin Chalk | 5,960 | -5,458 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,333 | 9,532 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,076 | 12.25 | 400 S |
| 5.5 | 5,825 | 7.875 | 165 S |
| 5.5 | — | 7.875 | 340 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 | Feb 24, 2012 | Jan 26, 2012 | — |
| 00 | Mar 11, 1993 | Dec 30, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 18, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-289-31173 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-289-31173 → 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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