PERMITS · 24973-99 · DISTRICT 1

Drill: Fair Fee #1

Expired

Fair Energy · Frio County · Vertical · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · RE-Enter · Plugged dry hole (P&A)

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API 42-163-31620 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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May 23, 1978: issued
7,160: permitted depth, ft
42-163-31620: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA MAY 23, 1978 · 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 Pearsall (Austin Chalk); the other is the district's wildcat field, the fallback for a zone no field is named for.

Field	Formation	Proposed well
Wildcat2001 · the district's wildcat field	Any	Oil
Pearsall (Austin Chalk)69981125	Austin Chalk	Oil

Lifecycle

May 23, 1978Received · Application received by the RRC
May 23, 1978Issued · Permit approved
May 29, 1978Spud · Drilling began
Jul 25, 1978Amended · Changed after issuance
Jan 29, 1979Well status · Plugged dry hole (P&A)
Jul 25, 1979Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 640
Nearest town: 5 mi SOUTH of Goldfinch

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
24858-99	May 23, 1978	A	Fair Energy	Fair Fee #1

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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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