TEXAS · WELLS · WILBARGER COUNTY · FARGO UNIT LEASE · API 42-487-05047 · DISTRICT 7C
Fargo Unit #4801
Wilbarger County · Fargo (Consolidated) field · Vertical
Fargo Unit #4801 (API 42-487-05047) is a plugged well in Wilbarger County, plugged November 1, 1994, last operated by Burk Royalty CO. Ltd..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 21, 1981, permitted to 4,700 ft.
It was permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation and has since transferred to Burk Royalty CO. Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Cisco, Noble Lime, Canyon.
Its lease has reported 2.34M barrels of oil and 204 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 151 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Wichita Falls, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 4, 2025
- Permits on file
- 384
- Phone
- (940) 397-8600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. |
| Production reports | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Amerada Hess CorporationJul 21, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 21, 1981
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 2.34M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 204
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 1, 1994
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 151 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fargo Unit O-13-27100 | Fargo (Consolidated) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 151 | 2.34M | 204 | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 39,974 · prior 12 42,080(-5%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amerada Hess CorporationJan 1993 → Jun 1996
- 2Collins & Ware, Inc.Jul 1996 → Jun 2000
- 3Apache CorporationJul 2000 → Apr 2008
- 4Vess Oil CorporationMay 2008 → Aug 2011
- 5Tradition Resources LLCSep 2011 → Jan 2014
- 6Tradition Resources Oper, LLCFeb 2014 → Jun 2017
- 7Unitex Oil & Gas, L.L.C.Jul 2017 → Apr 2023
- 8Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.May 2023 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126585-99 | Recompletion | Amerada Hess Corporation | Jul 21, 1981 | Jul 21, 1981 | — | 4,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Fargo Unit O-13-27100 | Fargo (Consolidated) | Burk Royalty Co. Ltd. | Plugged | — |
| — | Fargo Unit O-13-14923 | Fargo (Canyon 4200) | Amerada Hess Corporation | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,222 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,230 | 4,260 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 89 | 12.25 | — |
| 7 | 4,290 | 8.75 | 200 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 | Oct 4, 1988 | Jul 31, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Sep 27, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Sep 9, 1987 | Jul 31, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 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 42-487-05047 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-487-05047 → 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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