TEXAS · WELLS · WHARTON COUNTY · NORTHINGTON "B" LEASE · API 42-481-32662 · DISTRICT 03
Northington B #5
Wharton County · Bernard W. (Boettcher 7380) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Northington B #5 (API 42-481-32662) is a well in Wharton County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed May 31, 1984 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2013.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 8, 1984, permitted to 7,750 ft.
It was permitted by Txo Production Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Frio, Yegua.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by TXO Production 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
- 3,454
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | XTO Energy Inc.through Oct 2013 |
| Latest permit | TXO Production Corp.May 8, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,750
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 8, 1984
- last permit issued
- May 31, 1984
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 302K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 31, 1984
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2013
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northington "B" G-3-111090 | Bernard, W. (Boettcher 7380) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 302K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Bridge Oil Production Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 1993
- 2Bridge Oil Company, L. P.Jul 1993 → Sep 1994
- 3Parker & Parsley Development L.POct 1994 → Jan 1995
- 4Parker & Parsley Producing L.P.Feb 1995 → May 1995
- 5Costilla Petroleum CorporationJun 1995 → Jan 1997
- 6Costilla Energy, Inc.Feb 1997 → Jun 2000
- 7Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpJul 2000 → Nov 2001
- 8Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Jun 2007
- 9XTO Energy Inc.Jul 2007 → Oct 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237950-99 | Drill | TXO Production Corp. | May 7, 1984 | May 8, 1984 | May 24, 1984 | 7,750 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 1984 | Northington B G-3-111090 | Bernard W. (Boettcher 7380) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jun 1, 2013 | 7,750 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 136 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,416 | 7,426 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,983 | 12.25 | 950 S |
| 2.875 | 7,757 | 7.875 | 1,065 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 | Jul 3, 1984 | Jun 15, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jun 30, 1984 | Jun 15, 1984 | — |
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 42-481-32662 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-481-32662 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). 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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