PERMITS · 131400-99 · DISTRICT 3

Drill: Swanson, E.H. #4

Expired

Venus Oil Company · Wharton County · Vertical · Hutchins (4000) field · RE-Entry · Plugged dry hole (P&A)

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API 42-481-32089 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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Jul 30, 1981: issued
4,564: permitted depth, ft
42-481-32089: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA JUL 30, 1981 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Permitted fields

2 fields on the W-1 · completed in one of them

The field the operator is after is Hutchins (4000); the other is the district's wildcat field, the fallback for a zone no field is named for.

Field	Formation	Proposed well
Wildcat6001 · the district's wildcat field	Any	Oil or gas
Hutchins (4000)43816830	—	Oil

Lifecycle

Jul 30, 1981Received · Application received by the RRC
Jul 30, 1981Issued · Permit approved
Oct 21, 1981Well status · Plugged dry hole (P&A)
Jan 30, 1982Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 125
Nearest town: 3 mi NW of El Campo

No coordinates yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; permits from the historical master file never carry one.

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
131024-99	Jul 30, 1981	A	Venus Oil Company	Swanson, E.H. #4

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About this data

W-1 drilling permit from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files, refreshed every business day. Surface coordinates come from the daily file only. Amendments appear as sequence numbers on the same permit; the lowest is current.

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