TEXAS · WELLS · REEVES COUNTY · BIG CHIEF LEASE · API 42-389-33829 · DISTRICT 7B
Big Chief #7428H
Reeves County · Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp) field · Horizontal
Big Chief #7428H (API 42-389-33829) is a plugged horizontal well in Reeves County, plugged May 21, 2020, last operated by Scout Energy Management LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 20, 2013, permitted to 12,000 ft.
It was permitted by Cog Operating LLC and has since transferred to Scout Energy Management LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Delaware, Bone Spring, Wolfcamp.
Its lease has reported 8.93M barrels of oil and 16.1M mcf of gas since July 2012, last reporting volume in August 2026. The lease carries 34 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by COG Operating LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 20, 2026
- Permits on file
- 483
- Phone
- (972) 277-1397
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Scout Energy Management LLC |
| Production reports | Scout Energy Management LLCthrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | COG Operating LLCJun 20, 2013 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 20, 2013
- last permit issued
- Oct 6, 2013
- completed
- 8.93M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 16.1M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 2012 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 6, 2013
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 21, 2020
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 AUG 2026
Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; they carry 34 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Chief O-10-44043 | Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp) | Scout Energy Management LLC | 34 | 8.93M | 16.1M | Jul 2012 – Aug 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 411,429 · prior 12 466,923(-12%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,590,314 · prior 12 1,145,399(+39%)
Wells named Big Chief
Scout Energy Management LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Reeves 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.
- 1COG Operating LLCJul 2012 → Feb 2025
- 2Scout Energy Management LLCMar 2025 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 764572-99 | Drill | COG Operating LLC | Jun 13, 2013 | Jun 20, 2013 | Jul 27, 2013 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2013 | Big Chief O-10-44043 | Hoefs T-K (Wolfcamp) | Scout Energy Management LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,891 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 5,243 | -2,352 |
| Bone Spring | 8,023 | -5,132 |
| Wolfcamp | 9,470 | -6,579 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,728 | 16,980 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,763 | 17.5 | 2,135 S |
| 9.625 | 9,280 | 12.25 | 950 S |
| 5.5 | 17,196 | 8.5 | 1,125 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 | Jun 22, 2015 | Mar 9, 2015 | Yes |
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 42-389-33829 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-389-33829 → 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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