WELL · 42-495-31498 · DISTRICT 8
Vest Ranch #18
Winkler County · Hollijack (Strawn Detrital) field · Vertical
Vest Ranch #18 (API 42-495-31498) is a plugged well in Winkler County, plugged December 11, 2019, last operated by Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. CO..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1982 and 1996, permitted to 9,000 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Cisco, Canyon, Strawn.
Its 2 leases have reported 819K barrels of oil and 4.67M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2022. The leases carry 22 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co.
Carthage, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 22, 2001 · 1,023 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co. |
| Production reports | Stronghold Energy II Oper, LLCthrough May 2019 |
| Latest permit | Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co.Nov 13, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 13, 1996
- last permit issued
- Jan 25, 1989
- completed
- 819K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 4.67M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 25, 1989
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 11, 2019
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 22 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vest Ranch O-10-19740 | Arenoso (Strawn Detritus) | Stronghold Energy II Oper, LLC | 21 | 815K | 4.67M | Jan 1993 – Feb 2022 |
| Vest Ranch O-10-27468 | Hollijack (Strawn Detrital) | Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co. | 1 | 4.72K | 8.03K | Jan 1993 – Dec 1996 |
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.
- 1Pennzoil Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1995
- 2Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co.Feb 1995 → Feb 1999
- 3Pennzenergy Exp. & Prod., L.L.C.Mar 1999 → Mar 2000
- 4Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Apr 2000 → Dec 2018
- 5Stronghold Energy II Oper, LLCJan 2019 → May 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454891-99 | Field transfer | Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co. | Nov 7, 1996 | Nov 13, 1996 | — | 8,640 |
| 162326-99 | Drill | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | May 28, 1982 | May 28, 1982 | May 30, 1982 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-19740 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-27468 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,897 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,071 | 8,356 | Perforated |
| 8,306 | 8,404 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 850 | 12.25 | 645 S |
| 2.875 | 8,164 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,640 | 7.875 | 1,000 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 | Dec 5, 1996 | Nov 16, 1989 | — |
| 00 | Dec 29, 1989 | Nov 16, 1989 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 22, 1982 | — |
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 42-495-31498 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-31498 → 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.
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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