TEXAS · WELLS · WARD COUNTY · API 42-475-38884 · DISTRICT 7B
UL Navy South HH #16FB
Ward County · Two Georges (Bone Spring) field · Horizontal
UL Navy South HH #16FB (API 42-475-38884) is a plugged horizontal well in Ward County, plugged October 24, 2025, last operated by Vital Energy Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended twice), issued December 4, 2024, permitted to 13,000 ft.
It was permitted by Vital Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Vital Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Vital Energy Inc.
Permitted by Vital Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Vital Energy, Inc.Dec 4, 2024 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,000
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Dec 4, 2024
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 24, 2025
Surface location
31.614540, -103.323051
Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Ward County.
Only the permit record exists for this well so far, here and in the RRC's wellbore query. Completion reports, formation tops, lease production, and the scanned filings appear once the operator files a completion report, typically months after drilling. Petrora refreshes the wellbore file weekly, so a filing from the last few days may reach the RRC before it shows here. How long each source takes →
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 904314-97 | Drill | Vital Energy, Inc. | Apr 2, 2025 | Dec 4, 2024 | Jan 23, 2025 | 11,500 |
| 904314-98 | Drill | Vital Energy, Inc. | Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 4, 2024 | Jan 23, 2025 | 13,000 |
| 904314-99 | Drill | Vital Energy, Inc. | Nov 27, 2024 | Dec 4, 2024 | — | 13,000 |
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 42-475-38884 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-38884 → 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.
Nearby wells and their tops
NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM
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This well has no tops filed, so it cannot anchor a section; its neighbors can.
UL Navy South HH42-475-38887
0.0 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Rustler | 1,214 | 1,597 |
| Lamar | 5,195 | -2,384 |
| Queen | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Glorieta | — | |
| Delaware | — | |
| Clear Fork | — | |
| Capitan | — |
11 TOPS · FIRST 8
UL Navy South HH42-475-38888
0.0 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Seven Rivers | — | |
| San Andres | — | |
| Rustler | — | |
| Queen | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Glorieta | — | |
| Delaware | — | |
| Clear Fork | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
UL Navy South G42-475-38883
0.0 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Capitan | — | |
| Clear Fork | — | |
| Delaware | — | |
| Glorieta | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Yates | — | |
| Queen | — | |
| Rustler | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
UL Navy South FF42-475-38882
0.1 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Lamar | 5,211 | -2,400 |
| Yates | — | |
| Capitan | — | |
| Clear Fork | — | |
| Delaware | — | |
| Glorieta | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Queen | — |
11 TOPS · FIRST 8
UL Navy South FF42-475-38886
0.2 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Bone Spring | 8,875 | -6,064 |
| Bone Spring | 10,140 | -7,329 |
| Bone Spring | 10,558 | -7,747 |
| Glorieta | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Capitan | — | |
| Rustler | — | |
| San Andres | — |
13 TOPS · FIRST 8
UL Navy South EE42-475-38885
0.2 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Lamar | 5,209 | -2,399 |
| Rustler | — | |
| Yates | — | |
| Seven Rivers | — | |
| San Andres | — | |
| Queen | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Glorieta | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
UL Navy South E42-475-38881
0.2 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Capitan | — | |
| Yates | — | |
| Seven Rivers | — | |
| San Andres | — | |
| Rustler | — | |
| Queen | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Glorieta | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
UL Army South D42-475-38896
0.6 KM · Vital Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →
| Capitan | — | |
| Clear Fork | — | |
| Delaware | — | |
| Glorieta | — | |
| Holt | — | |
| Queen | — | |
| Rustler | — | |
| San Andres | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
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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