TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · HICKS, O.B. GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-365-33956 · DISTRICT 06
Hicks O.B. Gas Unit #18
Panola County · Carthage (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical
Hicks O.B. Gas Unit #18 (API 42-365-33956) is a plugged well in Panola County, plugged February 25, 2009, last operated by BP America Production Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 18, 1998, permitted to 9,800 ft.
It was permitted by Vastar Resources, Inc. and has since transferred to BP America Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including James Lime, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley.
Its lease has reported 14.5K barrels of oil and 919K mcf of gas since July 1998, with no volume in the three years through April 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 26, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,623
- Phone
- (720) 439-5104
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | BP America Production Company |
| Production reports | BP America Production Companythrough Aug 2004 |
| Latest permit | Vastar Resources, Inc.May 18, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 18, 1998
- last permit issued
- Jul 5, 1998
- completed
- 14.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 919K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1998 THROUGH Aug 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 5, 1998
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 25, 2009
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks, O.B. Gas Unit G-6-169729 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | BP America Production Company | 1 | 14.5K | 919K | Jul 1998 – Aug 2004 |
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.
- 1Vastar Resources, Inc.Jul 1998 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Aug 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 476204-99 | Drill | Vastar Resources, Inc. | May 12, 1998 | May 18, 1998 | May 25, 1998 | 9,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1998 | Hicks O.B. Gas Unit G-6-169729 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | BP America Production Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 275 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| James LimeJAMES LIMESTONE | 5,542 | -5,267 |
| PettitUPPER PETTIT | 5,830 | -5,555 |
| PettitLOWER PETTIT | 5,960 | -5,685 |
| Travis Peak | 6,160 | -5,885 |
| Cotton Valley | 7,950 | -7,675 |
| TaylorTAYLOR SAND | 9,480 | -9,205 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,376 | 8,776 | Perforated |
| 8,822 | 9,068 | Perforated |
| 9,154 | 9,522 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 62 | — | — |
| 8.625 | 1,080 | 11 | 400 S |
| 4.5 | 9,620 | 7.875 | 1,400 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 | Sep 23, 1998 | Aug 10, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 11, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-365-33956 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-33956 → 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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