WELL · 42-475-32774 · DISTRICT 8

Hill -16- #2

Plugged

Ward County · Monroe field  · Vertical

Hill -16- #2 (API 42-475-32774) is a plugged well in Ward County, plugged June 27, 2025, last operated by Petroplex Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 7, 1983, permitted to 4,850 ft.

It was permitted by Union Texas Petroleum Corp. and has since transferred to Petroplex Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 47.3K barrels of oil and 139 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Petroplex Energy Inc.

Permitted by Union Texas Petroleum Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Midland, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jul 8, 2026
Permits on file
182
Phone
(432) 683-6686

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulePetroplex Energy Inc.
Production reportsPetroplex Energy Inc.through Dec 2023
Latest permitUnion Texas Petroleum Corp.Feb 7, 1983

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

4,850
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Feb 7, 1983
last permit issued
Oct 26, 1983
completed
47.3K
cumulative oil, bbl
139
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 26, 1983
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 27, 2025

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hill -16- O-10-27844MonroePetroplex Energy Inc.247.3K139Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

050100202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Simon, W. D. Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Aug 1997
  2. 2Petroplex Energy Inc.Sep 1997 → Dec 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
185444-99DrillUnion Texas Petroleum Corp.Feb 7, 1983Feb 7, 1983Feb 19, 19834,850

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 26, 1983Hill -16- O-10-27844MonroePetroplex Energy Inc.Plugged—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,7204,727Perforated
4,7204,730Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62566512.25350 S
5.54,8007.875515 S
5.5—7.875900 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 8, 1986Apr 22, 1986Yes
00May 1, 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.

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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
0
bbl, all reported
Jun 1995
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000080908H-1 InjectionPlugged Oct 22, 20255002,3004,720–4,727

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0119941995

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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