TEXAS · WELLS · SUTTON COUNTY · ESPY 41 LEASE · API 42-435-32575 · DISTRICT 6E
Espy 41 #5
Sutton County · Sawyer (Canyon) field · Vertical
Espy 41 #5 (API 42-435-32575) is a plugged well in Sutton County, plugged March 22, 2012, last operated by Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 1, 1981, permitted to 6,900 ft.
It was permitted by Hng Oil Company and has since transferred to Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 21 barrels of oil and 23.6K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLC
Permitted by HNG Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 4, 2014
- Permits on file
- 1,184
- Phone
- (405) 749-5263
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLC |
| Production reports | Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLCthrough Sep 2006 |
| Latest permit | HNG Oil CompanyOct 1, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 1, 1981
- last permit issued
- Dec 12, 1981
- completed
- 21
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 23.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH SEP 2006
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 12, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 22, 2012
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espy 41 G-9-97330 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLC | 1 | 21 | 23.6K | by Jan 1993 – Sep 2006 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Espy 41
Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Sutton County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1American Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 1993
- 2Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncSep 2006 → Sep 2006
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135259-99 | Drill | HNG Oil Company | Oct 1, 1981 | Oct 1, 1981 | — | 6,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 1981 | Espy 41 G-9-97330 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLC | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,595 | 5,622 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1,060 | 8.75 | 240 S |
| 1.5 | 5,657 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 5,813 | 6.25 | 215 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 | Feb 4, 1981 | — |
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 42-435-32575 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-435-32575 → 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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