WELL · 42-399-33684 · DISTRICT 7

Lehman H. F. D #4B

Plugged

Runnels County · Nora (King Sand) field  · Vertical

Lehman H. F. D #4B (API 42-399-33684) is a plugged well in Runnels County, plugged July 6, 2022, last operated by Imperator Operating LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 16, 1986, permitted to 2,500 ft.

It was permitted by E.L.A., Inc. and has since transferred to Imperator Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Dog Bend, Coleman Junction, King Sand.

Its lease has reported 15.9K barrels of oil and 222 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Imperator Operating LLC

Permitted by E.L.A., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Watauga, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 29, 2025 · (214) 566-0423

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleImperator Operating LLC
Production reportsTranscontinental Shale L.L.C.through May 2015
Latest permitE.L.A., Inc.Jan 16, 1986

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
2
permits on file
Jan 16, 1986
last permit issued
Feb 20, 1986
completed
15.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
222
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 20, 1986
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jul 6, 2022

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Lehman, H. F. "D" O-9-11829Nora (King Sand)Imperator Operating, LLC115.9K222Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Mescalero Petroleum Inc.Mar 1993 → Feb 1994
  2. 2Efficiency Operating ServiceMar 1994 → Oct 1994
  3. 3Spicer Oil Company, Inc.Nov 1994 → Feb 1995
  4. 4Great Southern Operating, Inc.Mar 1995 → Nov 1995
  5. 5Benson & Schoen Oil Co., Inc.Feb 1996 → Jan 2012
  6. 6K & W Vanpelt CompanyFeb 2012 → Dec 2013
  7. 7Minuteman Energy, LLCJul 2014 → Feb 2015
  8. 8Transcontinental Shale L.L.C.Mar 2015 → May 2015

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
295572-98DrillE.L.A., Inc.Feb 9, 1987Jan 16, 1986—2,500
295572-99DrillE.L.A., Inc.Jan 16, 1986Jan 16, 1986—2,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-9-11829————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,799 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Dog Bend900899
Coleman Junction1,150649
King Sand2,338-539

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
2,3342,340Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62515011.25120 S
4.52,3627.875100 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 24, 1986Mar 12, 1986Yes
00Mar 21, 1986——

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). 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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