WELL · 42-389-30509 · DISTRICT 8
Ligon S. E. #71H
Reeves County · Worsham-Bayer (Ellen.) field · Horizontal
Ligon S. E. #71H (API 42-389-30509) is a plugged horizontal well in Reeves County, plugged February 10, 1990, last operated by Chevron U. S. A. Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 29, 2003, permitted to 14,200 ft.
It was permitted by Occidental Permian Ltd. and has since transferred to Chevron U. S. A. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Devonian.
Operator of record
Permitted by Occidental Permian Ltd.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 30, 2026
- Permits on file
- 9,293
- Phone
- (866) 212-1212
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. |
| Production reports | Diamondback E&P LLCthrough Jul 2025 |
| Latest permit | Occidental Permian Ltd.May 29, 2003 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 29, 2003
- last permit issued
- Dec 5, 1977
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.46M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2003 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 5, 1977
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 10, 1990
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligon, S. E. 18 G-10-202596 | Worsham-Bayer (Devonian) | Diamondback E&P LLC | 1 | 0 | 1.46M | Dec 2003 – Jul 2026 |
| — G-10-74289 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,656 · prior 12 10,809(-75%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Occidental Permian Ltd.Dec 2003 → Apr 2018
- 2Diamondback E&P LLCJul 2018 → Jul 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 532499-99 | Reenter | Occidental Permian Ltd. | May 29, 2003 | May 29, 2003 | Jun 8, 2003 | 14,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-10-74289 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-10-202596 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,598 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Devonian | 13,549 | -10,951 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 13,900 | 15,410 | Perforated |
| 15,713 | 17,000 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,530 | 17.5 | 1,350 S |
| 9.625 | 9,052 | 12.25 | 4,585 S |
| 9.625 | 9,082 | 12.25 | 4,585 S |
| 3.5 | — | — | — |
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 | Sep 16, 2004 | Feb 17, 2004 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 6, 2004 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 29, 1977 | — |
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 42-389-30509 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-389-30509 → 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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