TEXAS · WELLS · WHARTON COUNTY · BU RANCH LEASE · API 42-481-35394 · DISTRICT 03
BU Ranch #1
Wharton County · Wharton West (Wilcox) field · Temp Abandoned · Directional
BU Ranch #1 (API 42-481-35394) is a well in Wharton County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed March 7, 2016 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2017.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 13, 2015, permitted to 16,027 ft.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Catahoula, Anahuac, Gretta - Disposal, Frio.
Its lease has reported 2.18K mcf of gas since March 2016, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
- 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 Dec 2016 |
| Latest permit | Hilcorp Energy CompanyNov 13, 2015 |
- 16,027
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 13, 2015
- last permit issued
- Mar 7, 2016
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.18K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2016 THROUGH Dec 2016
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 7, 2016
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 2017
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BU Ranch G-3-280656 | Wharton, West (Wilcox) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 2.18K | Mar 2016 – Dec 2016 |
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.
- 1Hilcorp Energy CompanyJun 2016 → Dec 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 811862-99 | Drill | Hilcorp Energy Company | Nov 10, 2015 | Nov 13, 2015 | Nov 26, 2015 | 18,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2016 | BU Ranch G-3-280656 | Wharton West (Wilcox) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jan 1, 2017 | 16,027 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 25 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA - DISPOSAL | 3,702 | -3,677 |
| AnahuacANAHUAC - DISPOSAL | 4,058 | -4,033 |
| Gretta - Disposal | 4,298 | -4,273 |
| FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL | 4,800 | -4,775 |
| YeguaYEGUA - DISPOSAL | 7,725 | -7,700 |
| WilcoxWILCOX - DISPOSAL | 13,960 | -13,935 |
| Boling Dome - Disposal | — | — |
| Hungerford - Disposal | — | — |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Whitsett - Disposal | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 16,060 | 16,072 | Perforated |
| 16,125 | 16,140 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 2,500 | 20 | 1,718 S |
| 11.875 | 7,740 | 14.75 | 3,183 S |
| 7.75 | 13,016 | 9.875 | 2,127 S |
| 5.5 | 16,642 | 6.5 | 506 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 | Aug 31, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 26, 2016 | Apr 12, 2016 | Yes |
Well logs
3 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Apr 8, 2019. Density, Neutron, Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMBINATION: RESISTIVITY/NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Yegua, Wilcox | TIFF | 13,016 to 16,630 | Apr 8, 2019run Jan 28, 2016 | 1.47 |
| COMBINATION: RESISTIVITY/NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Yegua | TIFF | 7,753 to 13,035 | Apr 8, 2019run Dec 27, 2015 | 0.86 |
| COMBINATION: RESISTIVITY/NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Catahoula, Anahuac, Gretta - Disposal, Frio | TIFF | 2,527 to 7,503 | Apr 8, 2019run Dec 9, 2015 | 1.69 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-481-35394 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-481-35394 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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