TEXAS · WELLS · SUTTON COUNTY · RICHARDSON 6 LEASE · API 42-435-33018 · DISTRICT 6E
Richardson 6 #4
Sutton County · Sawyer (Canyon) field · Vertical
Richardson 6 #4 (API 42-435-33018) is a plugged well in Sutton County, plugged June 30, 2006, last operated by Smith Pipe Of Abilene.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 31, 1983, permitted to 8,000 ft.
It was permitted by Hng Oil Company and has since transferred to Smith Pipe Of Abilene on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Base Cret., Leonard, Wolfcamp, Canyon.
Its lease has reported 43 barrels of oil and 203K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by HNG Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 29, 2014
- Phone
- (325) 692-3903
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Smith Pipe of Abilene |
| Production reports | Smith Pipe of Abilenethrough Mar 2004 |
| Latest permit | HNG Oil CompanyAug 31, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 31, 1983
- last permit issued
- Dec 19, 1980
- completed
- 43
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 203K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 19, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 30, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson 6 G-9-109033 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Smith Pipe of Abilene | 1 | 43 | 203K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2004 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Richardson 6
Smith Pipe of Abilene'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 → Jul 1995
- 2Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpAug 1995 → Nov 2001
- 3Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Mar 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208717-99 | Drill | HNG Oil Company | Aug 23, 1983 | Aug 31, 1983 | Sep 27, 1983 | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 1980 | Richardson 6 G-9-109033 | Sawyer (Canyon) | Smith Pipe of Abilene | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,320 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,911 | 7,207 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,002 | 12.25 | 340 S |
| 7 | 2,199 | 8.75 | 400 S |
| 4.5 | 7,367 | 6.25 | 195 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 | Mar 23, 1984 | Feb 13, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Mar 5, 1984 | Feb 13, 1984 | — |
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 42-435-33018 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-435-33018 → 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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