Well 1653CH, BUFFALO NICKEL 04-16 1653, Midland County, Texas
API 32945991 — recorded on 1 lease.
Well API 32945991 is recorded on the BUFFALO NICKEL 04-16 1653 lease in Midland County, Texas, operated by XTO ENERGY INC.. The state files a total depth of 10,142 ft, a last completion filed Feb 10 2024, 1 drilling permit and 1 hydraulic fracturing disclosure. The state holds no plugging record for it.
Leases
| Lease | Well no. | Operator | Field | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUFFALO NICKEL 04-16 1653 | 1653CH | XTO ENERGY INC. | SPRABERRY (TREND AREA) | Off |
The hole
- Total depth
- 10,142 ft
- Casing strings
- 3
- Deepest casing
- 26,875 ft
- Survey
- T&P RR CO
- Abstract
- 120
- Block / section
- 38 T4S / 45
- Plugging records
- not filed
- Bottom hole location
- 31.62384, -101.87873
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8850482 records | Nov 4 2022 | Drillhorizontal | BUFFALO NICKEL 04-16 1653no. 1653CH | 10,500 ft | Nov 23 2022 |
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.