WELL · 42-291-04154 · DISTRICT 3
Esperson "B" #B 5
Liberty County · Vertical
Esperson "B" #B 5 (API 42-291-04154) is a permitted well in Liberty County filed by Phoenix Hydrocarbons Operating; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 17, 2001, permitted to 8,400 ft.
Its 2 leases have reported 267K barrels of oil and 446K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 54 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Phoenix Hydrocarbons Operating
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 5, 2024 · 38 permits on file · (432) 559-8012
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Jay Management Company, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Phoenix Hydrocarbons OperatingAug 17, 2001 |
- 8,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 17, 2001
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 267K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 446K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 54 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Esperson Unit O-3-22358 | Esperson Dome | Jay Management Company, LLC | 27 | 249K | 446K | May 1994 – Jul 2026 |
| South Esperson Unit O-3-1393 | Esperson Dome, South | Bledsoe Petro Corporation | 27 | 18.6K | 15 | Jan 1993 – Aug 1994 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 4,352 · prior 12 4,441(-2%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 108 · prior 12 2,675(-96%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bledsoe Petro CorporationJan 1993 → Sep 2000
- 2Phoenix Hydrocarbons OperatingOct 2000 → Sep 2008
- 3Jay Management Company, LLCOct 2008 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 512600-99 | Recompletion | Phoenix Hydrocarbons Operating | Aug 15, 2001 | Aug 17, 2001 | — | 8,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-1393 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-22358 | — | — | — | — |
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 | May 9, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-291-04154 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-04154 → 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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