TEXAS · WELLS · TAYLOR COUNTY · API 42-441-34018 · DISTRICT 6E

Hester #1

Shut in

Taylor County · Merkel East (Flippen) field · Shut In · Vertical

Hester #1 (API 42-441-34018) is a well in Taylor County operated by Sojourner Drilling Corporation, completed August 17, 2001 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2017.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 2001, permitted to 3,044 ft.

It was permitted by L.C.S. Production Company and has since transferred to Sojourner Drilling Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Gunsite Lime.

Its 2 leases have reported 20.4K barrels of oil since August 2001, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Sojourner Drilling Corporation

Permitted by L.C.S. Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Abilene, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Oct 7, 2025
Permits on file: 872
Phone: (325) 672-2832

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Sojourner Drilling Corporation
Production reports	Sojourner Drilling Corporationthrough Aug 2016
Latest permit	L.C.S. Production CompanyNov 21, 2001

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

3,044: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Nov 21, 2001: last permit issued
Aug 17, 2001: completed
20.4K: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · AUG 2001 THROUGH AUG 2016

On this page1 formation top Lease production 2 completions

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Aug 17, 2001
Shut in: Jan 1, 2017
Plugged: —

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)

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.

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Hester O-8-29059	Merkel, East (Flippen)	Sojourner Drilling Corporation	1	20.4K	0	Aug 2001 – Aug 2016
Hester O-8-29006	Wildcat	L.C.S. Production Company	1	0	0	Aug 2001 – —

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Wells named Hester

Sojourner Drilling Corporation's other wells filed under this lease name in Taylor 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.

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Chain of custody

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

1L.C.S. Production CompanyAug 2001 → Sep 2003
2Crownquest Operating, LLCOct 2003 → Sep 2004
3Whiting Oil and Gas CorporationOct 2004 → Apr 2010
4Sojourner Drilling CorporationJul 2010 → Aug 2016

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
515499-99	Recompletion	L.C.S. Production Company	Nov 20, 2001	Nov 21, 2001	Jul 3, 2001	3,999
510875-99	Drill	L.C.S. Production Company	Jun 28, 2001	Jun 28, 2001	Jul 3, 2001	3,999

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Aug 17, 2001	Hester O-8-29059	Merkel East (Flippen)	Sojourner Drilling Corporation	Shut In · shut in Jan 1, 2017	3,044
Aug 17, 2001	Hester O-8-29006	Wildcat	L.C.S. Production Company	Not on Schedule	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,826 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Gunsite Lime	2,790	-964

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,480	2,492	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	162	12.25	130 S
5.5	2,935	7.875	200 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Dec 14, 2001	Sep 17, 2001	—
Dec 5, 2001	—	—
Sep 12, 2001	Aug 17, 2001	Yes
Aug 24, 2001	—	—

Well logs

The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.

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The source documents

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Wellbore filings for 42-441-34018 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-441-34018 → scanned completion filings

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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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