TEXAS · WELLS · REAGAN COUNTY · HICKMAN, N. W. LEASE · API 42-383-31871 · DISTRICT 6E
Hickman N. W. #17
Reagan County · Price (Grayburg) field · Vertical
Hickman N. W. #17 (API 42-383-31871) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged September 17, 2025, last operated by Wtg Exploration.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 13, 1981, permitted to 2,500 ft.
It was permitted by Wtg Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Wtg Exploration on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Yates, Grayburg.
Its lease has reported 378K barrels of oil and 457K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 29 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by WTG Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 26, 2026
- Permits on file
- 269
- Phone
- (432) 682-4030
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | WTG Exploration |
| Production reports | WTG Explorationthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | WTG Exploration, Inc.Feb 13, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 13, 1981
- last permit issued
- Oct 2, 1981
- completed
- 378K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 457K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 2, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 17, 2025
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; they carry 29 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickman, N. W. O-9-10739 | Price (Grayburg) | WTG Exploration | 29 | 378K | 457K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 5,773 · prior 12 4,880(+18%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 360 · prior 12 360(+0%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1WTG ExplorationJan 1993 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108438-99 | Drill | WTG Exploration, Inc. | Nov 27, 1984 | Feb 13, 1981 | — | 2,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 1981 | Hickman N. W. O-9-10739 | Price (Grayburg) | WTG Exploration | Plugged | — |
| Oct 2, 1981 | Hickman N. W. O-9-7102 | Barnhart (Grayburg) | WTG Exploration Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,775 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,490 | 2,560 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 2,425 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,858 | 7.875 | 500 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 28, 1985 | Nov 19, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 16, 1985 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 23, 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 42-383-31871 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-31871 → 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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