WELL · 42-371-36765 · DISTRICT 8
State-Sullivan -D- #17
Pecos County · Brown & Thorp (Clear Fork) field · Vertical
State-Sullivan -D- #17 (API 42-371-36765) is a well in Pecos County operated by Taurus Exploration U.S.A. Inc., completed October 13, 1997.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 2, 1997, permitted to 3,300 ft.
It was permitted by BC Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Taurus Exploration U.S.A. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including San Andres, Glorieta, Upr. Clfk.
Its 2 leases have reported 153K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 38 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Taurus Exploration U.S.A. Inc.
Permitted by BC Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 23, 1998
- Permits on file
- 16
- Phone
- (432) 687-1155
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Taurus Exploration U.S.A. Inc. |
| Production reports | Caroil, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | BC Operating, Inc.Oct 2, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 2, 1997
- last permit issued
- Oct 13, 1997
- completed
- 153K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 13, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 38 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Unit O-10-35613 | Brown & Thorp (Clear Fork) | Caroil, LLC | 30 | 151K | 0 | Jan 1998 – Jul 2026 |
| State-Sullivan -D- O-10-511 | Brown & Thorp (Clear Fork) | Taurus Exploration U.S.A., Inc. | 8 | 2.44K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Apr 1998 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 3,368 · prior 12 3,700(-9%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1BC Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1998
- 2Taurus Exploration U.S.A., Inc.Mar 1998 → Nov 1998
- 3Energen Resources CorporationDec 1998 → May 2003
- 4Hodges Oil & GasJun 2003 → Jan 2016
- 5EL Jefe Oil & GasFeb 2016 → Dec 2016
- 6EL Jefe Oil and Gas, LLCJan 2017 → Mar 2017
- 7Caroil, LLCApr 2017 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 468318-99 | Drill | BC Operating, Inc. | Oct 2, 1997 | Oct 2, 1997 | Oct 6, 1997 | 3,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-511 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-35613 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,412 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| San Andres | 1,700 | 712 |
| Glorieta | 2,500 | -88 |
| Upr. Clfk | 2,580 | -168 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,000 | 3,162 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 493 | 12.25 | 275 S |
| 4.5 | 3,300 | 7.875 | 775 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Feb 3, 1998 | Oct 29, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 13, 1998 | Oct 29, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 24, 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 42-371-36765 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-371-36765 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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