WELL · 42-461-32488 · DISTRICT 7
Hudgens Don #8
Upton County · Benedum (Fusselman) field · Vertical
Hudgens Don #8 (API 42-461-32488) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged June 29, 2001, last operated by Conocophillips Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 30, 1985, permitted to 12,000 ft.
It was permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Conocophillips Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 22 formation tops, including Chinle, Rustler, Salado, Cowdenanhydrite.
Its lease has reported 26.2K barrels of oil and 2.08M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2022. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Phillips Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 3, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,290
- Phone
- (432) 683-7443
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Conocophillips Company |
| Production reports | Conocophillips Companythrough Feb 2022 |
| Latest permit | Phillips Petroleum CompanySep 30, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 30, 1985
- last permit issued
- Dec 23, 1985
- completed
- 26.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.08M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 23, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 29, 2001
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudgens, Don O-9-11110 | Benedum (Fusselman) | Conocophillips Company | 4 | 26.2K | 2.08M | Jan 1993 – Dec 2022 |
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.
- 1Phillips Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2002
- 2Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Jan 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 286312-99 | Drill | Phillips Petroleum Company | Oct 14, 1985 | Sep 30, 1985 | — | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-11110 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,698 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Chinle | 355 | 2,343 |
| Rustler | 1,310 | 1,388 |
| Salado | 1,376 | 1,322 |
| Cowdenanhydrite | 2,000 | 698 |
| TansillTANSILL DOLOMITE | 2,183 | 515 |
| Yates | 2,242 | 456 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,398 | 300 |
| Grayburg | 3,530 | -832 |
| San Andres | 3,755 | -1,057 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 6,313 | -3,615 |
| Spraberry | 6,712 | -4,014 |
| Upper "A" | 6,864 | -4,166 |
| SpraberryMIDDLE SPRABERRY | 7,052 | -4,354 |
| SpraberryLOWER SPRABERRY MKR. | 7,318 | -4,620 |
| Wolfcamp | 7,710 | -5,012 |
| Dean | 8,080 | -5,382 |
| Strawn | 9,994 | -7,296 |
| Barnett | 10,236 | -7,538 |
| Woodford | 10,648 | -7,950 |
| Devonian | 10,713 | -8,015 |
| Silurian (undifferentiated)SILURIAN SHALE | 11,280 | -8,582 |
| Fusselman | 11,390 | -8,692 |
| Sylvan | 11,390 | -8,692 |
| Simpson | 11,420 | -8,722 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,315 | 11,346 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 509 | 17.5 | 500 S |
| 8.625 | 4,855 | 11 | 640 S |
| 5.5 | 11,480 | 7.875 | 940 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 | Jan 30, 1986 | Jan 20, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 28, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-461-32488 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-461-32488 → 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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