TEXAS · WELLS · MIDLAND COUNTY · BIRKHEAD "A" LEASE · API 42-329-32349 · DISTRICT 7B

Birkhead A #1

Plugged

Midland County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Birkhead A #1 (API 42-329-32349) is a plugged well in Midland County, plugged April 9, 2020, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 4, 1991, permitted to 9,500 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 2 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean.

Its lease has reported 40.5K barrels of oil and 99.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

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 Jan 2018
Latest permitParker & Parsley, Ltd.Jan 4, 1991

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

9,500
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jan 4, 1991
last permit issued
Feb 18, 1991
completed
40.5K
cumulative oil, bbl
99.4K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2018

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 18, 1991
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 9, 2020

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Birkhead "A" O-10-33021Spraberry (Trend Area)Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.140.5K99.4KJan 1993 – Jan 2018

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 → Jun 2017

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
383055-99DrillParker & Parsley, Ltd.Jan 4, 1991Jan 4, 1991Jan 6, 19919,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Feb 18, 1991Birkhead A O-10-33021Spraberry (Trend Area)Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,777 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
SpraberryTOP UPPER SPRABERRY7,793-5,016
SpraberryTOP LOWER SPRABERRY8,461-5,684
DeanTOP DEAN9,121-6,344
DeanBASE DEAN9,329-6,552

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,7988,049Perforated
8,5138,780Perforated
9,1289,364Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
12.7525217.5252 S
8.6255,06511750 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
00Apr 16, 1991Feb 28, 1991Yes
00Mar 8, 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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