WELL · 42-423-32311 · DISTRICT 6
Hitts Lake Unit #902
Smith County · Hitts Lake (Paluxy) field · Producing · Vertical
Hitts Lake Unit #902 (API 42-423-32311) is a well in Smith County operated by Valence Operating Company, completed October 30, 2025 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued April 21, 2012, permitted to 10,500 ft.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Goodland, Paluxy, Glen Rose, BMA.
Its lease has reported 1.87M barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 46 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- 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 | Valence Operating CompanyApr 21, 2012 |
- 10,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 21, 2012
- last permit issued
- Oct 30, 2025
- completed
- 1.87M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 30, 2025
- 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.
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 – Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 737136-98 | Drill | Valence Operating Company | Jul 20, 2012 | Apr 21, 2012 | Jul 14, 2012 | 10,500 |
| 737136-99 | Drill | Valence Operating Company | Mar 29, 2012 | Apr 21, 2012 | Jul 14, 2012 | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-6-5990 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 472 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,166 | 7,232 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,588 | 11 | 412 S |
| 5.5 | 9,480 | 7.875 | 1,400 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 2, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 | — |
| 00 | Aug 10, 2023 | Jul 14, 2023 | — |
| 00 | Jun 1, 2018 | Mar 28, 2018 | — |
| 00 | Sep 25, 2017 | Jul 3, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Mar 21, 2013 | Nov 13, 2012 | 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 42-423-32311 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-423-32311 → scanned completion filings
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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