PERMITS · 419510-99 · DISTRICT 4

Drill: Vela-Lopena Minerals #1

Expired

Enron Oil & Gas Company · Zapata County · Directional · 10,700, 2 fields · Final completion

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API 42-505-33139 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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Dec 20, 1993: issued
13,800: permitted depth, ft
42-505-33139: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA DEC 20, 1993 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Permitted fields

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

Beside the district's wildcat field, the fallback for a zone no field is named for, they are all 10,700 fields, so the target formation is the 10,700.

Field	Formation	Proposed well	Completed in it
Wildcat8001 · the district's wildcat field	Any	Oil or gas	—
Roleta (Wilcox 10200)77973200	Wilcox 10200	Gas	—
Roleta (10,700)77973914	—	Gas	Feb 19, 1994

Lifecycle

Dec 20, 1993Received · Application received by the RRC
Dec 20, 1993Issued · Permit approved
Dec 30, 1993Spud · Drilling began
Dec 31, 1993Surface casing · Surface string set
Feb 19, 1994Well status · Final completion
Mar 28, 1994Final update · Last change in RRC records
Dec 20, 1995Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 1,163.45
Nearest town: 15 mi SW of Zapata

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Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
419510-99	Dec 20, 1993	A	Enron Oil & Gas Company	Vela-Lopena Minerals #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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