WELL · 42-435-32090 · DISTRICT 7

Hicks #7

Plugged

Sutton County · Miers (Canyon) field · Vertical

Hicks #7 (API 42-435-32090) is a plugged well in Sutton County, plugged April 21, 2021, last operated by Patno Oil & Gas Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 5, 1978, permitted to 4,500 ft.

It was permitted by Way & Mills and has since transferred to Patno Oil & Gas Company on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Patno Oil & Gas Company

Permitted by Way & Mills; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Zapata, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · (956) 849-5305

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Patno Oil & Gas Company
Production reports	Patno Oil & Gas Companythrough May 2016
Latest permit	Way & MillsJul 5, 1978

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

4,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jul 5, 1978: last permit issued
Jul 22, 1978: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
55.1K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2021

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jul 22, 1978
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 21, 2021

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
Hicks G-9-77779	Miers (Canyon)	Patno Oil & Gas Company	1	0	55.1K	Jan 1993 – Apr 2021

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.

1Way, Ralph L., Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1994
2Staley Operating Co.May 1994 → Mar 1998
3Anderson Energy CorporationApr 1998 → May 2000
4Silver Oil & Gas Inc.Jun 2000 → Apr 2005
5McGuffin, Joe Jr.May 2005 → Jan 2014
6Great Northern Energy, IncJun 2014 → Feb 2015
7Patno Oil & Gas CompanyMar 2015 → May 2016

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
27911-99	Drill	Way & Mills	Jul 5, 1978	Jul 5, 1978	Jul 7, 1978	4,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-9-77779	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,070	4,106	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,216	11	400 S
5.5	4,070	7.875	325 S
2.375	—	—	—

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	Jan 12, 1984	Aug 4, 1978	—

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 42-435-32090 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-435-32090 → 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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