TEXAS · WELLS · ROBERTSON COUNTY · BUCHANAN GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-395-30980 · DISTRICT 05
Buchanan Gas Unit #4
Robertson County · Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated) field · Producing · Vertical
Buchanan Gas Unit #4 (API 42-395-30980) is a well in Robertson County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed August 26, 2005 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 26, 2005, permitted to 13,543 ft.
It was permitted by Xto Energy Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Bossier, Buda, Cotton Valley, Pettit.
Its lease has reported 19 barrels of oil and 853K mcf of gas since August 2005, last reporting volume in August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by XTO Energy Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | XTO Energy Inc.Jan 26, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,543
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 26, 2005
- last permit issued
- Aug 26, 2005
- completed
- 19
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 853K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · AUG 2005 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 26, 2005
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Gas Unit G-5-216858 | Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 19 | 853K | Aug 2005 – Aug 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 7,520 · prior 12 9,148(-18%)
Wells named Buchanan Gas Unit
Hilcorp Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Robertson 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.
- 1XTO Energy Inc.Aug 2005 → Dec 2023
- 2Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2024 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 556610-99 | Drill | XTO Energy Inc. | Jan 21, 2005 | Jan 26, 2005 | May 5, 2005 | 13,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2005 | Buchanan Gas Unit G-5-216858 | Bald Prairie (CV Consolidated) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Producing | 13,543 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 357 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Bossier | — | — |
| Buda | — | — |
| Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME | — | — |
| Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY SAND | — | — |
| Pettit | — | — |
| Travis Peak | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,960 | 13,504 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,248 | 12.25 | 450 S |
| 7 | 10,552 | 8.75 | 665 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 | Oct 30, 2006 | Nov 14, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 10, 2006 | — | — |
Well logs
2 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Sep 29, 2008. Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTIVITY | TIFF | 10,491 to 13,543 | Sep 29, 2008run Jul 22, 2005 | 3.44 |
| RESISTIVITY | TIFF | 1,247 to 10,706 | Sep 29, 2008run Jun 29, 2005 | 7.60 |
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 42-395-30980 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-395-30980 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/39530980, documented in the API reference.