2001-2005 Well Control Problems
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Dist | Date | Operator | Lease/Facility Name | Lease/ID | Permit # | Well # | Field Name | County | Fire | H2S | Injuries | Deaths | Remarks |
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7B | 12/14/2005 | Telesis Operating Co., Inc | Ritchie-37- | 2 | Palo Pinto | Y | 1 | 0 | crater created explosion | ||||
8 | 12/4/05 | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P. | Curry | 1H | Reeves | Y | N | 0 | 0 | unknown | |||
6 | 10/29/05 | Enerquest Corp. | Graves Gas Unit | 4R | Shelby | Y | 0 | 0 | Gas kick during drilling | ||||
7B | 10/28/05 | HILL-LAKE GAS STORAGE | Hill (Lake Sand) | 552300 | 16 | Hill (Lake Storage) | Eastland | N | Y | 0 | 0 | ||
7B | 10/28/05 | MCCOWN ENGINEERING | Lee | 606663 | 1 | Palo Pinto | N | 0 | 0 | Gas kick during drilling | |||
8A | 10/27/05 | XTO Energy Inc | Cornell Unit | 19453 | 3119W | Wasson | Yoakum | N | 0 | 0 | blanking plug fell on throught the packer | ||
2 | 10/20/05 | Esesjay Operating Inc. | Bialek Gas Unit | 605099 | 1 | Wildcat | DeWitt | N | 0 | 0 | when well kicked the blind rams were shut in on drill pipe. | ||
3 | 10/10/05 | Palmer Petroleum Inc. | Starnes | 24692 | 1 | Ft. Trinidad, SW (Buda) | Madison | N | N | 0 | 0 | Cause of spray from the wellhead is tubing/casin packing failure | |
7B | 09/29/05 | JILPETCO INC. | Barron | 606427 | 5 | Wildcat | Palo Pinto | N | 0 | 0 | mud blew out kill line into reserve pit. | ||
8A | 9/11/05 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Wasson ODC Unit | 60000 | 24W | Yoakum | N | N | 0 | 0 | blowing out throught the packing on the tubing/casing wellhead. | ||
3 | 8/18/05 | Stratco Operating Co, Inc | Lewis, J. C. | 176502 | 5 | Live Oak Bayou (Miocene) | Matagorda | N | Y | 0 | 0 | well was left flowing while being worked over during the night | |
6 | 8/5/05 | Virtex Petroleum Co, Inc | Garrison Gas Unit | 603541 | 7 | Garrison | Nacogdoches | N | 0 | 0 | BOP stack failed to hold. | ||
2 | 7/29/05 | C & E Operating | Tigner | 601162 | 1 | Wildcat | Calhoun | N | N | 0 | 0 | seal on the bop started leaking. | |
2 | 7/26/05 | Force 4 Energy Resources Inc. | A. E. Prost Gas Unit | Live Oak | N | 0 | 0 | Plugging Operation | |||||
8A | 7/13/05 | Tamarack Petroleum Company Inc | Harrison, w. Lee Unit | 60663 | 7 | Lee Harrison | Lubbock | N | N | 0 | 0 | Closed valve did not hold. | |
6 | 6/27/05 | Geovest | Flanagan C Gas Unit | 600091 | 5 | Gregg | N | N | 0 | 0 | well casing parted during fracture operation | ||
3 | 6/23/05 | ExxonMobil | Bracewell Unit | 160131 | Giddings Austin Chalk Gas | Grimes | N | Y | 1 | 3/4 inch valve blew off | |||
2 | 6/17/05 | Dewbre Petroleum Corp | R. Ruhmann Gas Unit | 554993 | 2E | Karnes | N | 0 | 0 | Packer Failed | |||
3 | 6/1/05 | LGDC Corp | Shmidl-Brooks | 560423 | 1 | Wildcat | Harris | Y | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 5/16/05 | Mission Resources Corporation | Fritz Weise | 555265 | 2 | Goliad | 0 | 0 | failed grease fitting on the tree. | ||||
8 | 5/13/05 | Wiser Oil Co., The | Hondo | 34444 | 1 | Dimmitt (Delaware) | Loving | Y | 0 | 0 | |||
8 | 5/1/05 | Celero Energy, L.P. | G. W. O'Brien | 559368 | 1607 | Ward-Estes, North | Winkler | N | 0 | 0 | operator unable to close blowout preventers | ||
6 | 4/28/05 | Newfield Exploration Company | Culver, G. W. | 107812 | 1-A | Willow Springs | Gregg | N | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 4/26/05 | BP America | Shchultz "A" | 554809 | 7772 | Lipscomb | N | 0 | 0 | power swivel fell into rod basket of pulling unit. | |||
3 | 3/10/05 | Atmic Inc | Hurta | 181120 | 2 | Needville (Vicksburg) | Fort Bend | N | Y | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 2/28/05 | 7711 Corp | Little Unit | 24269 | 1 | Kurten (Buda) | Brazos | Y | Local Fire Department on location. | ||||
3 | 2/12/05 | PRIMAL ENERGY CORPORATION | E. R. Taylor | 548959 | 2 | Pierce Junction | Harris | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 1/30/05 | ENERVEST OPERATING L.L.C. | Enervest Fee O.B. Price | 550758 | 10 | Westbrook | Mitchell | N | 0 | 0 | Production casing rose out of ground | ||
3 | 1/24/05 | DOMINION EXPL. & PROD., INC. | Sheridan Gas Unit | 554032 | 104 | Sheridan (Wilcox) | Colorado | N | 0 | 0 | 4 mi SE of Sheridan | ||
8A | 1/19/05 | OCCIDENTAL PERMIAN LTD. | Denver Unit | 18910 | 2210 | Yoakum | W on Hwy 83 to Hwy 1622 from Denver City | ||||||
3 | 1/18/05 | COMSTOCK OIL & GAS, INC. | BSMC Unit B | 545666 | 1 | Polk | 0 | 0 | E on 190 11.5 miles | ||||
8A | 12/22/04 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | Denver Unit | 18910 | 6721 | Wasson | Gaines | N | N | 0 | 0 | Sec 44 blk AX PSL Survey | |
6 | 11/15/04 | Marathon Oil Company | USA Ellington | 548529 | 2H | Shelby | N | 0 | 0 | N of Milam on Hwy 287 to FM 2261 | |||
8 | 11/10/04 | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P. | Texas American Syndicate Unit "316" | 542244 | 2H | Perry Bass (Devonian) | Pecos | Y | 0 | 0 | 4 1/2" liner ws blown out of the hole. | ||
8 | 10/28/04 | Riata Energy Inc | West Ranch | 549224 | 2306 | Pinon (Overthrust) | Pecos | N | N | 0 | 0 | weak point in flowline split | |
8a | 8/2/04 | Kinder Morgan | Sacroc Unit | 03137 | 293-04 | Kelly-Snyder | Scurry | n | 0 | 0 | sub pump mandrell corroded | ||
3 | 7/14/04 | Dow Chemcical | Dow Fee | 538187 | 14 | Stratton Ridge | Brazoria | Y | N | 0 | 0 | lost circulation, well came in and ignited at shale shaker | |
3 | 6/13/04 | Dow Chemcical | Dow | 538187 | 14 | Stratton Ridge | Brazoria | Y | 0 | 0 | remnants of product released from a subsurface failure | ||
6 | 6/10/04 | BRG Petroleum Corp | Peterson Gas Unit | 544247 | 4 | Naconiche Creek | Nacogdoches | N | N | 0 | 0 | wellhead gave up right underneath the BOPS | |
3 | 5/4/04 | Ventex Oper. Corp | Saint David | 541965 | 1 | W/C | Matagorda | 0 | 0 | ||||
8A | 4/2/2004 | LYNX OPERATING | Elam | 1y | Gaines | N | 1 | 0 | attempting to complete in the Yate fm at 3000" | ||||
3 | 3/3/2004 | TRANSTEXAS GAS CORPORATION | Guenther Gas Unit | 522153 | 1 | Wildcat | Wharton | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 2/9/2004 | Patterson Petroleum L.P. | Loyd | 539382 | 1 | Kurten (Buda) | Brazos | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 2/5/2004 | Loudon Exploration, Inc. | Lopez | 540939 | 4 | Brooks | n | 0 | 0 | ||||
2 | 11/2/2003 | HOLLIMON OIL CORP | Hewitt "A" | 534661 | Telferner North (2150) | Victoria | n | N | 0 | 0 | |||
6 | 10/27/2003 | CLASSIC OIL & GAS, INC. | S.L. Hol | 196152 | 12 | Carthage, S (CV) | Panola | N | N | 0 | 0 | choke valve had cut out on the tree | |
8 | 10/18/2003 | ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOU | N | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
2 | 8/6/2003 | HOLLIMON OIL CORP | Strieback | 533923 | 1 | Wildcat | Live Oak | Y | N | 0 | 0 | ||
8A | 7/31/2003 | ENERGEN RESOURCES CORP | North Robetson Unit | 3539 | Robertson,N.(ClearFork 7100) | Gaines | N | N | 0 | 0 | nipple on casing blew | ||
6 | 7/22/2003 | PXP GULF COAST INC | TXU-Tompkins | 194894 | 1 | Beckville (Cotton Valley) | Panola | 0 | 0 | ||||
3 | 3/6/2003 | CHIEF OPERATING CO. | Mitchell | 511892 | 3 | Brookshire | Waller | N | N | 2 | 0 | impr.plugged & being reentered | |
3 | 2/18/2003 | JAMEX, INC. | McDonald, Zoe Blunt | 189163 | 1 | Cleveland | Liberty | N | N | 0 | 0 | well was killed | |
3 | 1/14/2003 | LONE WOLF OPERATING COMPANY | J. B. Children 1991 Trust | 190075 | 1A | Brookshire | Waller | N | N | 0 | 0 | pulling tubing & packer blew last 3 jts out of hole | |
6 | 1/6/2003 | SOTHWESTERN ENERGY PRODUCTION | Jasper Wilson Gas Unit 1 | 3 | Smith | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||||
8 | 12/14/2002 | NES PERMIAN BASIN, L.P. | Big Springs Brine Station | Howard | N | N | 0 | 0 | |||||
3 | 10/9/2002 | PEOPLES ENERGY PROD.-TX,L.P. | Amoco Fee | 23105 | 3 | Port Arthur | Jefferson | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | 9/25/2002 | JERRY HESS OPERATING CO. | Griffin | 520242 | 3 | Newark,East (Barnett Shale) | Denton | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
7C | 9/23/2002 | BP AMERICAN PRODUCTION COMPANY | Banner Estate | 518508 | 4H | Brown-Bassett (Strawn) | Terrell | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | 9/12/2002 | JERRY HESS OPERATING CO. | Foster | 187504 | Newark,East (Barnett Shale) | Wise | N | N | 0 | 0 | killed well using lese brine | ||
4 | 9/9/2002 | EL PASO PRODUCTION O&G CO | Walker | 522293 | 2 | Kingsville SW (Taos) | Kleberg | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 7/10/2002 | RANGE PRODUCTION COMPANY | Fitch-Mosier | 163814 | 1 | Speaks Field (3600) | Lavaca | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 6/24/2002 | DEVON GAS SERVICES, LP | Tunis A Compressor | Y | N | 0 | 0 | Comp.caught fire being cleaned | |||||
7B | 6/18/2002 | STOVAL OPERATING CO | Joe Singleton | 520046 | 1 | Palo Pinto | N | N | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | 6/17/2002 | KAISER-FRANCIS OIL CO. | Drastata | 493264 | Jones Creek | Wharton | N | N | 0 | 0 | |||
2 | 6/9/2002 | UNITED OIL & MINERALS | United | 520572 | 2SWD | Speaks, SW(2600) | Lavaca | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | 5/27/2002 | DEVON ENERGY OPERATING CO. L.P. | DCCO 1-Sullivan, P.G."A" | 174222 | 5 | Newark,East (Barnett Shale) | Denton | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | 5/16/2002 | 3-R Production, Inc. | I.G.Yates | 516293 | R1 | Jack | N | N | 0 | 0 | |||
5 | 4/3/2002 | FOUR SEVENS OP. COMPANY., LTD. | Haslett "78" GU | 516923 | 1 | Newark,East (Barnett Shale) | Tarrant | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 4/3/2002 | DEWBRE PETROLEUM | Allen East | 518365 | A2 | Ricardo | Kleberg | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 2/27/2002 | SANDI PRODUCTION INC. | St.Regis Paper Co.,Et Al | 100461 | 2 | Trinity | N | N | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | 3/24/2002 | BRIGHAM OIL & GAS, L.P. | Burkhart | 1 | Wildcat | Matagorda | N | N | Blowing dry gas | ||||
6 | 11/23/2001 | PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY | Ruby | 514562 | 1 | Huxley (6100) | Shelby | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 6/13/01 | COASTAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION | Guerra GU "D" ? | 160884 | 6 | Bob West | Starr | N | N | Workover-replacing tubing | |||
8 | 9/13/01 | RANGE PRODUCTION COMPANY | RW FOSTER 15 | 511424 | 2 | Conger (Penn) | Sterling | N | N | ||||
5 | 6/5/01 | MARATHON OIL COMPANY | Utley "C" | 7-X | Freestone | N | N | 0 | 0 | Swabbing-well kicked | |||
6E | 5/31/01 | ASCEND OIL & GAS LLC | Elder | 07482 | 7 | ? | N | N | 0 | 0 | Shut-in well pressured up | ||
3 | 5/22/01 | GAITHER PETROLEUM CORPORATION | THEUMAN | 110058 | 2 | WYLIE | Colorado | ||||||
5 | 5/21/01 | BROWN OIL & GAS | Reid, J. W. | 00925 | 10 | Mexia | Limestone | N | N | 0 | 0 | Pulled tubing-well kicked | |
4 | 5/16/01 | COASTAL OIL & GAS CORPORATION | Samano | 508219 | 21 | Starr | N | N | 0 | 0 | Drilling well-water supply well blew | ||
3 | 5/12/01 | ESENJAY EXPLORATION, INC. | Runnels Gas Unit | 502567 | 5 | W/C | Matagorda | N | N | 0 | 0 | Drill Well | |
4 | 5/4/01 | TEXAS CRUDE ENERGY, INC. | Smith | 496958 | 1 | Flour Bluff | Nueces | N | N | 0 | 0 | Drilling-Bull Plug Failure | |
2 | 4/30/01 | KEBO OIL & GAS, INC. | Clay West Burns | A--1 | Live Oak | N | N | 0 | 0 | Drilling break-well kicked | |||
8A | 4/10/01 | OXY PERMIAN | Cedar Lake Unit | 00577 | 481 | Cedar Lake | Gaines | N | N | 0 | 0 | Started flowing gas between csg & tbg | |
1 | 3/7/01 | REXCOM, INC. | Moczygemba | 14060 | 1 | Lyssy (Carrizo "D" Sand) | Wilson | N | N | 0 | 0 | Workover-dropped on joint of tubing | |
8A | 2/22/01 | SHARP IMAGE ENERGY, INC. | S. Lake Thomas | 503967 | 1 | Double -S- (Canyon Reef) | Borden | N | N | 2 | 0 | Swabbing-well kicked | |
9 | 2/19/01 | MITCHELL ENERGY CORPORATION | Logan, H. H. | 134467 | 2-T | Newmark, East (Barnett Shale) | Wise | N | N | 0 | 0 | Drill Well-pulling out of hole | |
8A | 2/16/01 | OXY PERMIAN | Denver Unit | 18910 | 3928 | Wasson | Yoakum | N | Y | 0 | 0 | Mechanical failure on pumping unit | |
3 | 2/16/01 | RTC RESOURCES INC. | Litman | 504699 | 6 | Brookshire | Waller | N | N | 0 | 0 | Logging well-well kicked | |
2 | 1/19/01 | MUELLER EXPLORATION, INC. | McReynolds | 500832 | 1 | Wildcat/Joesph P. Mueller | Lavaca | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 1/18/01 | CHEVRON U. S. A. INC. | Hutchings Stock Assn. | 07337 | 773 | Ward-Estes, North | Ward | N | N | 0 | 0 | C02 Flood-Flowing back a well | |
3 | 1/16/01 | GEN-NAN RESOURCES & EQUP., INC. | Kuratti | 502322 | 9 | Brookshire | Waller | N | N | 0 | 0 | ||
6E | 1/4/01 | CADDO ENERGY | McKinley | 38 | |||||||||
3 | 1/2/01 | HS RESOURCES, INC. | Arriola | 502607 | 1 | 1 | Hardin | N | N | 0 | 0 | Underground Well Control Problem |