WELL · 42-461-31756 · DISTRICT 7
Hanks B #1
Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical
Hanks B #1 (API 42-461-31756) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged January 18, 2023, last operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 8, 1981, permitted to 9,300 ft.
It was permitted by Saxon Oil Company and has since transferred to Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Spraberry, Jo Mill, Dean.
Its lease has reported 31.3K barrels of oil and 75K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2023. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Saxon Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Spring, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 8, 2026
- Permits on file
- 15,619
- Phone
- (972) 444-4001
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pioneer Natural Res. USA Inc. |
| Production reports | Parsley Energy Operations, LLCthrough Jun 2015 |
| Latest permit | Saxon Oil CompanyApr 8, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 8, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jun 23, 2015
- completed
- 31.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 75K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 23, 2015
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 18, 2023
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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanks "B" O-9-9577 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 2 | 31.3K | 75K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2023 |
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.
- 1Hallwood Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Nov 1994
- 2Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.Dec 1994 → Dec 2001
- 3Hec Petroleum, Inc.Jan 2002 → Mar 2006
- 4Chevron Midcontinent, L.P.Apr 2006 → Sep 2013
- 5Parsley Energy Operations, LLCOct 2013 → Jun 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114277-99 | Drill | Saxon Oil Company | Apr 8, 1981 | Apr 8, 1981 | Mar 15, 1982 | 9,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-9577 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,778 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,436 | 8,939 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,130 | 11 | 425 S |
| 2.375 | 8,497 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,200 | 7.875 | 700 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 21, 2017 | Aug 14, 2017 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 17, 1982 | — |
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 42-461-31756 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-31756 → 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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