TEXAS · WELLS · TERRELL COUNTY · MITCHELL 5B LEASE · API 42-443-30731 · DISTRICT 6E
Mitchell 5B #15
Terrell County · Pakenham (Wolfcamp) field · Producing · Vertical
Mitchell 5b #15 (API 42-443-30731) is a well in Terrell County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed February 19, 1998 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2018.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 27, 1997, permitted to 8,006 ft.
It was permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Wolfcamp.
Its lease has reported 51 barrels of oil and 40.5K mcf of gas since June 1997, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,454
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough May 2018 |
| Latest permit | Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Mar 27, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,006
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 27, 1997
- last permit issued
- Feb 19, 1998
- completed
- 51
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 40.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1997 THROUGH May 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 19, 1998
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2018
- 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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell 5B G-9-166516 | Pakenham (Wolfcamp) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 51 | 40.5K | Jun 1997 – May 2018 |
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.
- 1Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Jun 1997 → Aug 1999
- 2Athanor Texas Inc.Sep 1999 → Dec 2002
- 3Nuevo Texas Inc.Jan 2003 → Dec 2004
- 4PXP Texas Inc.Jan 2005 → Sep 2006
- 5Vintage Petroleum, LLCOct 2006 → Mar 2008
- 6OXY USA Inc.Apr 2008 → May 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460380-99 | Drill | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Mar 26, 1997 | Mar 27, 1997 | Apr 28, 1997 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 1998 | Mitchell 5B G-9-166516 | Pakenham (Wolfcamp) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Producing · shut in Jun 1, 2018 | 8,006 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,517 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,550 | 7,578 | Perforated |
| 7,764 | 7,776 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,200 | 12.25 | 865 S |
| 5.5 | 8,006 | 8.75 | 500 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 | Sep 24, 1998 | Aug 28, 1998 | — |
| 00 | Feb 26, 1998 | Dec 15, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 13, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-443-30731 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-443-30731 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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