Well 18, WITCHER, J. E. -PA-, Ector County, Texas
API 13541244 — recorded on 1 lease.
Well API 13541244 is recorded on the WITCHER, J. E. -PA- lease in Ector County, Texas, operated by OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD.. The state files a total depth of 4,392 ft, a last completion filed Mar 31 2023, 1 drilling permit and 1 hydraulic fracturing disclosure. The state holds no plugging record for it.
Leases
| Lease | Well no. | Operator | Field | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WITCHER, J. E. -PA- | 18 | OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. | FOSTER | Off |
The hole
- Total depth
- 4,392 ft
- Casing strings
- 4
- Deepest casing
- 4,410 ft
- Survey
- T&P RR CO/FOSTER, H C
- Abstract
- 1036
- Block / section
- 43 T2S / 24
- Plugging records
- not filed
- Bottom hole location
- 31.84466, -102.42890
Drilling permits
From the Railroad Commission's drilling permit master — the application record, not a record of drilling. A permit is an application the Commission filed and numbered; the spud date is the only field here that says a hole was started. This file carries no approval status, so none is shown.
| Permit | Issued | Type | Lease | Depth | Spud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 718771 | Jun 24 2011 | Drill | WITCHER, J. E. -PA-no. 18 | 4,600 ft | Feb 4 2012 |
What the lease produced
Texas reports oil and gas by lease, never by wellbore, so this is the whole lease. Values are volume multiplied by the published monthly price, the same arithmetic the lease page shows in full.
Hydraulic fracturing
Disclosed to FracFocus, the registry Texas designates by statute (Natural Resources Code §91.851; 16 TAC §3.29). FracFocus is run by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, not by a state agency — but the filing itself is required by Texas rule.