TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · ARCO FEE LEASE · API 42-479-33917 · DISTRICT 04
Arco Fee #4
Webb County · Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Barnsley (Lobo) · Barnsley (Lobo 10,900)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Arco Fee #4 (API 42-479-33917) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged September 17, 2025, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 28, 1984, permitted to 12,300 ft.
It was permitted by Ghr Energy Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Yegua, Queen City, Wilcox, Wills Point.
Its lease has reported 37 barrels of oil and 110K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by GHR Energy Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Jan 2019 |
| Latest permit | GHR Energy Corp.Jun 28, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 28, 1984
- last permit issued
- Nov 16, 1985
- completed
- 37
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 110K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 16, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 17, 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco Fee G-4-119445 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 37 | 110K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2019 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Arco Fee
Hilcorp Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Webb County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Transamerican Natural Gas Corp.Jan 1993 → Jan 1995
- 2Transtexas Gas CorporationFeb 1995 → May 1997
- 3Conoco Inc.Jun 1997 → Dec 2002
- 4Conocophillips CompanyJan 2003 → Apr 2010
- 5Hilcorp Energy CompanyOct 2017 → Jan 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 243445-99 | Drill | GHR Energy Corp. | Jun 28, 1984 | Jun 28, 1984 | May 4, 1985 | 12,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 1985 | Arco Fee G-4-119445 | Vaquillas Ranch (Lobo Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 742 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yegua | 2,735 | -1,993 |
| Queen City | 4,400 | -3,658 |
| Wilcox | 6,810 | -6,068 |
| WilcoxLOWER WILCOX | 8,800 | -8,058 |
| Wills Point | 12,000 | -11,258 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,653 | 11,700 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 752 | 14.75 | 450 S |
| 7.625 | 8,900 | 9.875 | 1,140 S |
| 5 | 12,040 | 6.75 | 485 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 14, 1986 | Dec 3, 1985 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 10, 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 42-479-33917 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-33917 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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