TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · BIRKHEAD LEASE · API 42-329-32336 · DISTRICT 7B

Birkhead #1

Plugged

Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Birkhead #1 (API 42-329-32336) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged August 14, 2015, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 17, 1990, permitted to 9,600 ft.

It was permitted by Parker & Parsley, Ltd. and has since transferred to Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Spraberry, Top U Spby, Top L Spby, Dean.

Its lease has reported 97.8K barrels of oil and 402K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.

Permitted by Parker & Parsley, Ltd.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Spring, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jul 8, 2026
Permits on file
15,628
Phone
(972) 444-4001

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.
Production reportsPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.through Oct 2022
Latest permitParker & Parsley, Ltd.Dec 17, 1990

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

9,600
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Dec 17, 1990
last permit issued
Dec 30, 2014
completed
97.8K
cumulative oil, bbl
402K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 30, 2014
Shut in
—
Plugged
Aug 14, 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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Birkhead O-10-33015Spraberry (Trend Area)Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.297.8K402KJan 1993 – Oct 2022

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.

  1. 1Parker & Parsley Development Co.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
  2. 2Parker & Parsley Development L.PMar 1995 → Aug 1997
  3. 3Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Sep 1997 → Oct 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
382272-99DrillParker & Parsley, Ltd.Dec 11, 1990Dec 17, 1990Dec 26, 19909,600

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 30, 2014Birkhead O-10-33015Spraberry (Trend Area)Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,770 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
SpraberryTOP UPPER SPRABERRY7,780-5,010
Top U Spby7,780-5,010
SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY7,780-5,010
SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY8,408-5,638
SpraberryTOP LOWER SPRABERRY8,408-5,638
Top L Spby8,408-5,638
DeanTOP DEAN9,114-6,344
DeanBASE DEAN9,320-6,550

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,7848,034Perforated
8,4788,729Perforated
9,1219,380Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
12.7525317.5250 S
8.6255,05811750 S
4.59,4507.8751,150 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Feb 10, 2015Jan 21, 2015—
00Jan 10, 2009Dec 6, 2007—
00Apr 16, 1991Feb 26, 1991Yes
00Mar 7, 1991——

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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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