TEXAS · WELLS · SUTTON COUNTY · HICKS 61 LEASE · API 42-435-33567 · DISTRICT 6E

Hicks 61 #4

Shut in

Sutton County · Sawyer (Canyon) field · Temp Abandoned  · Vertical

Hicks 61 #4 (API 42-435-33567) is a well in Sutton County operated by Upp Operating LLC, completed April 22, 1990 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2021.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 14, 1990, permitted to 4,850 ft.

It was permitted by American Exploration Company and has since transferred to Upp Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Canyon.

Its lease has reported 320 barrels of oil and 1.18M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in November 2023.

Operator of record

Upp Operating LLC

Permitted by American Exploration Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Mar 6, 2026
Permits on file
33
Phone
(713) 495-5300

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleUpp Operating LLC
Production reportsUpp Operating, LLCthrough Nov 2023
Latest permitAmerican Exploration CompanyFeb 14, 1990

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

4,850
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Feb 14, 1990
last permit issued
Apr 22, 1990
completed
320
cumulative oil, bbl
1.18M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 22, 1990
Shut in
Jan 1, 2021
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hicks 61 G-9-134378Sawyer (Canyon)Upp Operating, LLC13201.18MJan 1993 – Nov 2023

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

012202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1American Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Jul 1995
  2. 2Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpAug 1995 → Nov 2001
  3. 3Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Dec 2007
  4. 4Highmount Expl & Prod Texas LLCJan 2008 → Sep 2014
  5. 5Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Oct 2014 → Mar 2019
  6. 6Upp Operating, LLCApr 2019 → Nov 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
369736-99DrillAmerican Exploration CompanyFeb 12, 1990Feb 14, 1990—5,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Apr 22, 1990Hicks 61 G-9-134378Sawyer (Canyon)Upp Operating LLCTemp Abandoned · shut in Jan 1, 20214,850

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,279 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Canyon3,356-1,077
CanyonCANYON (BTM)4,662-2,383

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,4634,534Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,01611365 S
4.54,8217.875455 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jun 12, 1990May 14, 1990Yes
00Jun 5, 1990——

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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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