TEXAS · WELLS · SMITH COUNTY · HITTS LAKE UNIT LEASE · API 42-423-30383 · DISTRICT 06
Hitts Lake Unit #123WS
Smith County · Hitts Lake (Paluxy) field · Water Supply · Vertical
Hitts Lake Unit #123WS (API 42-423-30383) is a well in Smith County operated by Valence Operating Company, completed March 27, 1980 and listed as water supply on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2026.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 5, 1979, permitted to 1,300 ft.
It was permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Longview and has since transferred to Valence Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.87M barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 46 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Longview; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Kingwood, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 990
- Phone
- (281) 359-3659
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Valence Operating Company |
| Production reports | Valence Operating Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-LongviewOct 5, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 5, 1979
- last permit issued
- Mar 27, 1980
- completed
- 1.87M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 27, 1980
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2026
- 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; they carry 46 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitts Lake Unit O-6-5990 | Hitts Lake (Paluxy) | Valence Operating Company | 46 | 1.87M | 21 | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 5,366 · prior 12 6,124(-12%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Valence Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59914-99 | Drill | Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Longview | Oct 5, 1979 | Oct 5, 1979 | — | 1,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 1980 | Hitts Lake Unit O-6-5990 | Hitts Lake (Paluxy) | Valence Operating Company | Water Supply · shut in Feb 1, 2026 | 1,300 |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 390 | — | — |
| 8.625 | 570 | 12.25 | 152 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 | Apr 14, 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 42-423-30383 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-423-30383 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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.
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