TEXAS · WELLS · NUECES COUNTY · BUTTS, J.B. LEASE · API 42-355-31956 · DISTRICT 04
Butts J.B. #4
Nueces County · Stratton (Consolidated) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Butts J.B. #4 (API 42-355-31956) is a well in Nueces County operated by Urban Oil & Gas Group LLC, completed July 16, 1985 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2023.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 18, 1981, permitted to 7,450 ft.
It was permitted by Champlin Petroleum CO. and has since transferred to Urban Oil & Gas Group LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Bertrum, Wardner.
Its lease has reported 494K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in November 2023.
Operator of record
Permitted by Champlin Petroleum Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Plano, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 140
- Phone
- (972) 543-8800
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Urban Oil & Gas Group LLC |
| Production reports | Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCthrough Nov 2023 |
| Latest permit | Champlin Petroleum Co.Dec 18, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,450
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 18, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jul 16, 1985
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 494K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH NOV 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 16, 1985
- Shut in
- Dec 1, 2023
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butts, J.B. G-4-118480 | Stratton (Consolidated) | Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLC | 1 | 0 | 494K | by Jan 1993 – Nov 2023 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Wells named Butts J.B.
Urban Oil & Gas Group LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Nueces County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1999
- 2Collins & Ware, Inc.Feb 1999 → Jun 2000
- 3Apache CorporationJul 2000 → Aug 2014
- 4Urban Oil & Gas Group, LLCSep 2014 → Nov 2023
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144802-99 | Drill | Champlin Petroleum Co. | Apr 19, 1985 | Dec 18, 1981 | Mar 21, 1982 | 7,436 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1985 | Butts J.B. G-4-118480 | Stratton (Consolidated) | Urban Oil & Gas Group LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 2023 | 7,450 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 105 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Bertrum | 6,208 | -6,103 |
| Wardner | 6,415 | -6,310 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,570 | 5,596 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,591 | 12.25 | 560 S |
| 5.5 | 7,436 | 8.75 | 1,230 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 →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 30, 1985 | Oct 17, 1985 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 24, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-355-31956 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-355-31956 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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