TEXAS · WELLS · STERLING COUNTY · FERGUSON "B" LEASE · API 42-431-31944 · DISTRICT 7B
Ferguson B #218
Sterling County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Ferguson B #218 (API 42-431-31944) is a well in Sterling County operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd., completed July 15, 1988 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in April 1, 2023.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 11, 1988, permitted to 8,250 ft.
It was permitted by Wagner & Brown and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Base Cretaceous (marker), Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen.
Its lease has reported 4.15K barrels of oil and 117K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Wagner & Brown; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Wichita Falls, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 4, 2025
- Permits on file
- 384
- Phone
- (940) 397-8600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. |
| Production reports | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Mar 2023 |
| Latest permit | Wagner & BrownMay 11, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,250
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 11, 1988
- last permit issued
- Jul 15, 1988
- completed
- 4.15K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 117K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 15, 1988
- Shut in
- Apr 1, 2023
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson "B" G-10-128071 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 1 | 4.15K | 117K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2023 |
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.
- 1Wagner & Brown, Ltd.Jan 1993 → Dec 2003
- 2Range Production CompanyJan 2004 → Jul 2014
- 3EQT Production Texas, LLCAug 2014 → Jun 2018
- 4Stanolind Production LLCSep 2018 → Dec 2020
- 5Slant Operating, LLCJan 2021 → Dec 2021
- 6Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Jan 2022 → Mar 2023
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346395-99 | Drill | Wagner & Brown | May 11, 1988 | May 11, 1988 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1988 | Ferguson B G-10-128071 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Temp Abandoned · shut in Apr 1, 2023 | 8,250 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,583 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Base Cretaceous (marker)BASE CRETACEOUS | 380 | 2,203 |
| Yates | 1,089 | 1,494 |
| Seven Rivers7 RIVERS | 1,200 | 1,383 |
| Queen | 1,550 | 1,033 |
| Cisco | 7,260 | -4,677 |
| Canyon | 7,320 | -4,737 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,431 | 7,590 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,008 | 12.25 | 975 S |
| 4.5 | 8,250 | 7.875 | 1,625 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 | Aug 23, 1988 | Aug 18, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 20, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-431-31944 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-431-31944 → 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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