TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · WILTCHER, J.W. LEASE · API 42-365-33561 · DISTRICT 06
Wiltcher J.W. #6
Panola County · Carthage (Pettit Lower Gas) field · Horizontal
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Carthage (Pettit, Lower Gas) · Carthage (Pettit, Upper)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Wiltcher J.W. #6 (API 42-365-33561) is a plugged horizontal well in Panola County, plugged April 5, 2024, last operated by Bpx Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 10, 1996, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Vastar Resources, Inc. and has since transferred to Bpx Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Pettit.
Its lease has reported 1.78K barrels of oil and 208K mcf of gas since February 1997, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Vastar Resources, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Denver, CO
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 24, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,576
- Phone
- (720) 439-5104
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BPX Operating Company |
| Production reports | BPX Operating Companythrough Jul 2009 |
| Latest permit | Vastar Resources, Inc.Dec 10, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 10, 1996
- last permit issued
- Feb 25, 1997
- completed
- 1.78K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 208K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · FEB 1997 THROUGH JUL 2009
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 25, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 5, 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiltcher, J.W. G-6-165674 | Carthage (Pettit, Lower Gas) | BPX Operating Company | 1 | 1.78K | 208K | Feb 1997 – Jul 2009 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Wiltcher J.W.
BPX Operating Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Panola 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.
- 1Vastar Resources, Inc.Feb 1997 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Jul 2009
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456110-99 | Drill | Vastar Resources, Inc. | Dec 10, 1996 | Dec 10, 1996 | Dec 26, 1996 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1997 | Wiltcher J.W. G-6-165674 | Carthage (Pettit Lower Gas) | BPX Operating Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 355 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| PettitUPPER PETTIT | 5,992 | -5,637 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,286 | 8,178 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,033 | 12.25 | 450 S |
| 7 | 6,286 | 8.75 | 400 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 | Jan 12, 1998 | Mar 24, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 31, 1997 | — | — |
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 42-365-33561 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-33561 → 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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