PERMITS · 450244-99 · DISTRICT 3
Drill: Boatwright #1H
ExpiredChesapeake Operating, Inc. · Grimes County · Horizontal · Austin Chalk Gas, 3 fields · Final completion
API 42-185-30585 · everything on file for the well this permit is for
- Jul 11, 1996
- issued
- 13,000
- permitted depth, ft
- 42-185-30585
- API number
- 1
- version on file
FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA JUL 11, 1996 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE
Permitted fields
4 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 Austin Chalk Gas fields, so the target formation is the Austin Chalk Gas.
| Field | Formation | Proposed well | Completed in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat6001 · the district's wildcat field | Any | Oil or gas | — |
| Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)34733500 | Austin Chalk 3 | Oil | — |
| Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)34773550 | Austin Chalk Gas | Gas | Sep 21, 1996 |
| Navasota River (Cretaceous Lwr.)64616300 | — | Gas | — |
Lifecycle
- Jul 11, 1996Received · Application received by the RRC
- Jul 11, 1996Issued · Permit approved
- Aug 3, 1996Spud · Drilling began
- Aug 3, 1996Surface casing · Surface string set
- Sep 21, 1996Well status · Final completion
- Jan 8, 1997Final update · Last change in RRC records
- Jul 11, 1998Expired · Not drilled within the permit term
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Surface location
- Acres
- 667.85
- Nearest town
- 5.5 mi NW of Anderson
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 450244-99 | Jul 11, 1996 | A | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Boatwright #1H |
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this permit's well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/permits/tx/450244, documented in the API reference.