WELL · 42-365-30254 · DISTRICT 6
Hicks O.B. Gas Unit #3
Panola County · Carthage (Travis Peak-Collins) field · Vertical
Hicks O.B. Gas Unit #3 (API 42-365-30254) is a plugged well in Panola County, plugged October 22, 2013, last operated by Vastar Resources Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1996 and 1998, permitted to 9,415 ft.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 30, 2001
- Permits on file
- 328
- Phone
- (281) 366-7061
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Vastar Resources Inc. |
| Production reports | BP America Production Companythrough Oct 2012 |
| Latest permit | Vastar Resources, Inc.Jul 2, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,415
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 2, 1998
- last permit issued
- Feb 29, 1996
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 825K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2013
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 29, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 22, 2013
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks, O.B. Gas Unit G-6-170192 | Carthage (Pettit, Lower Gas) | BP America Production Company | 1 | 0 | 466K | Jul 1998 – Oct 2013 |
| Hicks, O.B. Gas Unit G-6-158238 | Carthage (Travis Peak-Collins) | Vastar Resources, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 123K | Feb 1996 – Jul 1998 |
| Hicks, O. B. Gas Unit G-6-76641 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | Vastar Resources, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 236K | Jan 1993 – Jul 1996 |
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.
- 1Arco Oil & Gas Co.Jan 1993 → Feb 1994
- 2Vastar Resources, Inc.Mar 1994 → Dec 2001
- 3BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Oct 2012
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 477672-99 | Recompletion | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Jul 2, 1998 | Jul 2, 1998 | Jul 8, 1998 | 9,415 |
| 444166-99 | Recompletion | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Jan 26, 1996 | Jan 26, 1996 | Jan 30, 1996 | 9,415 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-76641 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-6-158238 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-6-170192 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,934 | 6,076 | Perforated |
| 6,146 | 6,157 | Perforated |
| 8,352 | 9,190 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,630 | 12.25 | 250 S |
| 9.625 | 1,630 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 9,415 | 8.75 | 550 S |
| 5.5 | 9,415 | — | — |
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 | Nov 5, 1998 | Sep 11, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 9, 1998 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 12, 1996 | Mar 21, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 3, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 1, 1978 | — |
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 42-365-30254 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-30254 → 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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