TEXAS · WELLS · SCHLEICHER COUNTY · WEST "78" UNIT LEASE · API 42-413-30909 · DISTRICT 6E
West 78 Unit #5
Schleicher County · Eldorado (Canyon) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
West 78 Unit #5 (API 42-413-30909) is a well in Schleicher County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed October 15, 1980 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2016.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 2, 1980, permitted to 7,020 ft.
It was permitted by Delta Drilling CO. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 237 barrels of oil and 325K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Delta Drilling Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- 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 Mar 2018 |
| Latest permit | Delta Drilling Co.May 2, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,020
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 2, 1980
- last permit issued
- Oct 15, 1980
- completed
- 237
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 325K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 15, 1980
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2016
- 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.
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West "78" Unit G-9-90213 | Eldorado (Canyon) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 237 | 325K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2018 |
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.
- 1Oklahoma RB Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1998
- 2Ram Operating, Inc.Feb 1998 → Aug 1998
- 3Questa Oil & Gas Co.Sep 1998 → Jan 2000
- 4TXP, IncorporatedFeb 2000 → Dec 2003
- 5Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2004 → Jan 2008
- 6Pogo Producing Company LLCFeb 2008 → Feb 2008
- 7OXY USA Inc.Mar 2008 → Mar 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80124-99 | Drill | Delta Drilling Co. | May 2, 1980 | May 2, 1980 | — | 7,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 1980 | West 78 Unit G-9-90213 | Eldorado (Canyon) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Feb 1, 2016 | 7,020 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,280 | 6,392 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,045 | 11 | 530 S |
| 2.375 | 6,394 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,985 | 7.875 | 800 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 3, 1980 | — |
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 42-413-30909 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-413-30909 → 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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