TEXAS · WELLS · STARR COUNTY · SLICK ESTATE 539 LEASE · API 42-427-32877 · DISTRICT 04
Slick Estate 539 #10
Starr County · Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 16
- Rincon · Rincon (a-1 Frio) · Rincon (B-1 Frio) · Rincon (G-J Frio 4500) · Field 76721462 · Rincon (Vicksburg I-C) · Rincon (Vicksburg 5000) · Rincon (Vicksburg 5300) · Rincon (Vicksburg 5680) · Rincon (Vicksburg 6000) · Rincon (Vicksburg 6240) · Rincon (Vicksburg 6500) · Rincon (Vicksburg 6800) · Rincon (Vicksburg 7060) · Field 76721945 · Rincon E. (Vicksburg I 5170)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Slick Estate 539 #10 (API 42-427-32877) is a plugged well in Starr County, plugged July 29, 2011, last operated by Oxy USA Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 9, 1996, permitted to 7,700 ft.
It was permitted by Texas Independent Explor., Inc. and has since transferred to Oxy USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Frio, Vx I, Vx Ii.
Its lease has reported 3.17K barrels of oil and 890K mcf of gas since July 1996, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texas Independent Explor., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 26, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,316
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | OXY USA Inc. |
| Production reports | OXY USA Inc.through Jan 2005 |
| Latest permit | Texas Independent Explor., Inc.May 9, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 9, 1996
- last permit issued
- Jul 6, 1996
- completed
- 3.17K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 890K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1996 THROUGH Jan 2005
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 6, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 29, 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slick Estate 539 G-4-159921 | Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.) | OXY USA Inc. | 1 | 3.17K | 890K | Jul 1996 – Jan 2005 |
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.
- 1Texas Independent Explor., Inc.Jul 1996 → Jan 2002
- 2Samson Lone Star LPFeb 2002 → Jan 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447585-99 | Drill | Texas Independent Explor., Inc. | Apr 30, 1996 | May 9, 1996 | Jun 15, 1996 | 7,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1996 | Slick Estate 539 G-4-159921 | Rincon (Vicksburg Cons.) | OXY USA Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 367 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| FrioFRIO B | 3,270 | -2,903 |
| VX I | 5,158 | -4,791 |
| VX II | 5,900 | -5,533 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,901 | 5,906 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,535 | 12.25 | 705 S |
| 4.5 | 6,924 | 7.875 | 150 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 25, 1996 | Sep 26, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 2, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-427-32877 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-427-32877 → 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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