WELL · 42-383-35458 · DISTRICT 7

Sau 42-4 #4B

Plugged

Reagan County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field  · Vertical

Sau 42-4 #4B (API 42-383-35458) is a plugged well in Reagan County, plugged April 7, 2021, last operated by Apache Corporation.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 10, 2004, permitted to 8,350 ft.

It was permitted by Mariner Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Spraberry, Dean.

Its lease has reported 184K barrels of oil and 989K mcf of gas since October 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Apache Corporation

Permitted by Mariner Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 3, 2025
Permits on file
9,756
Phone
(713) 954-5500

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleApache Corporation
Production reportsApache Corporationthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitMariner Energy, Inc.Sep 10, 2004

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

8,350
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 10, 2004
last permit issued
Dec 15, 2004
completed
184K
cumulative oil, bbl
989K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 15, 2004
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 7, 2021

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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Sau 42-4 O-9-13534Spraberry (Trend Area)Apache Corporation5184K989KOct 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 919 · prior 12 878(+5%)

0200400202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 5,666 · prior 12 7,378(-23%)

01K2K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Hardy Oil & Gas USA Inc.Oct 1993 → Jun 1996
  2. 2Mariner Energy, Inc.Jul 1996 → Nov 2010
  3. 3Apache CorporationDec 2010 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
549477-99DrillMariner Energy, Inc.Aug 11, 2004Sep 10, 2004—8,350

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Dec 15, 2004Sau 42-4 O-9-13534Spraberry (Trend Area)Apache CorporationPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,666 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
SpraberryUPPER SPRABERRY6,530-3,864
SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY7,102-4,436
Dean7,925-5,259

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,5306,705Perforated
7,1027,515Perforated
7,9258,142Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.62549912.25325 S
4.58,3007.8751,110 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 30, 2005Jan 13, 2005Yes
00Jan 25, 2005——

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.

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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