TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · BALL, FRED LEASE · API 42-383-31738 · DISTRICT 6E
Ball Fred #4
Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Ball Fred #4 (API 42-383-31738) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged April 26, 2019, last operated by Atlas Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 5, 1980, permitted to 6,700 ft.
It was permitted by Palo Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Atlas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 43.9K barrels of oil and 75.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Palo Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Hearing (H)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 9, 2026
- Permits on file
- 78
- Phone
- (281) 893-9400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Atlas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Atlas Operating LLCthrough Aug 2011 |
| Latest permit | Palo Petroleum, Inc.Sep 5, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 5, 1980
- last permit issued
- Feb 25, 1981
- completed
- 43.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 75.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2011
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 25, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 26, 2019
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 APR 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball, Fred O-9-8819 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Atlas Operating LLC | 4 | 43.9K | 75.7K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2011 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Ball Fred
Atlas Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Reagan 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.
- 1Umc Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Mar 1997
- 2Pioneer Exploration CompanyApr 1997 → Jun 2001
- 3Pioneer Exploration, Ltd.Jul 2001 → Jul 2006
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91722-99 | Drill | Palo Petroleum, Inc. | Sep 5, 1980 | Sep 5, 1980 | Dec 12, 1980 | 6,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1981 | Ball Fred O-9-8819 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Atlas Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,237 | 6,702 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 702 | 11 | 400 S |
| 2.375 | 5,312 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,763 | 7.875 | 600 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, 1984 | Jun 18, 1981 | — |
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 42-383-31738 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-31738 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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