WELL · 42-289-31219 · DISTRICT 5
Fossil Hillegeist #1
Leon County · Hilltop Resort (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Fossil Hillegeist #1 (API 42-289-31219) is a plugged horizontal well in Leon County, plugged October 22, 2014, last operated by Fossil Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 1, 1995, 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 36.4K barrels of oil and 362 mcf of gas since March 1995, last reporting in May 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 Feb 2010 |
| Latest permit | United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Feb 1, 1995 |
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
- Feb 1, 1995
- last permit issued
- Mar 23, 1995
- completed
- 36.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 362
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1995 THROUGH May 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 23, 1995
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 22, 2014
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 Hillegeist O-5-3507 | Hilltop Resort (Austin Chalk) | Fossil Operating, Inc. | 1 | 36.4K | 362 | Mar 1995 – May 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.Mar 1995 → Jan 1999
- 2Stratco Operating Co., Inc.Feb 1999 → Mar 2002
- 3Cambrian Management LtdApr 2003 → May 2003
- 4Palisades Operating CompanySep 2008 → Sep 2008
- 5Gastar Exploration Texas, LPFeb 2010 → Feb 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432425-99 | Drill | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | Feb 1, 1995 | Feb 1, 1995 | Feb 9, 1995 | 6,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-5-3507 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 365 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Gober | 5,240 | -4,875 |
| Austin Chalk | 5,458 | -5,093 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,727 | 10,196 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 675 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 5.5 | 5,372 | 7.875 | 660 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 | Sep 28, 1995 | Mar 30, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 19, 1995 | — | — |
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 42-289-31219 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-289-31219 → 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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