WELL · 42-461-31678 · DISTRICT 7
Hudgens Don #5
Upton County · Benedum (Fusselman) field · Vertical
Hudgens Don #5 (API 42-461-31678) is a well in Upton County operated by Phillips Petroleum Company, completed August 5, 1981.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 2003, permitted to 11,550 ft.
It was permitted by Conocophillips Company and has since transferred to Phillips Petroleum Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Spraberry, Tent Wolfcamp, Wolfcamp, Dean.
Its 2 leases have reported 26.2K barrels of oil and 2.27M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Conocophillips Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 20, 2003 · 2,544 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Phillips Petroleum Company |
| Production reports | Conocophillips Companythrough Jun 2025 |
| Latest permit | Conocophillips CompanyFeb 20, 2003 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,550
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 20, 2003
- last permit issued
- Aug 5, 1981
- completed
- 26.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.27M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 5, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudgens, Don G-9-195903 | Benedum (Devonian, Gas) | Conocophillips Company | 1 | 0 | 192K | Apr 2003 – Jul 2026 |
| Hudgens, Don O-9-11110 | Benedum (Fusselman) | Conocophillips Company | 4 | 26.2K | 2.08M | Jan 1993 – Dec 2022 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 112 · prior 12 1,562(-93%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Jun 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 528694-99 | Recompletion | Conocophillips Company | Feb 20, 2003 | Feb 20, 2003 | Feb 24, 2003 | 11,500 |
| 98273-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Nov 6, 1980 | Nov 6, 1980 | — | 11,550 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-9-195903 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-11110 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,694 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,910 | 10,915 | Perforated |
| 11,252 | 11,332 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 470 | 17.5 | 550 S |
| 8.625 | 4,910 | 11 | 1,350 S |
| 2.875 | 11,167 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 11,500 | — | 1,050 S |
| 5.5 | 11,500 | 7.875 | 1,350 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Aug 20, 2003 | Jun 27, 2003 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 12, 2003 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 17, 1985 | Jan 3, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jan 14, 1985 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 3, 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 42-461-31678 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-31678 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their 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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