PERMITS · 453762-99 · DISTRICT 9

Drill: Espy 40 #8

Expired

Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp · Sutton County · Vertical · Canyon, 3 fields · Final completion

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API 42-435-34635 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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Oct 11, 1996: issued
7,450: permitted depth, ft
42-435-34635: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA OCT 11, 1996 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Permitted fields

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

They are all Canyon fields, so the target formation is the Canyon.

Field	Formation	Proposed well	Completed in it
Fawcett (Wolfcamp)30424500	Wolfcamp	Gas	—
Sawyer (Canyon)81267333	Canyon	Gas	Nov 6, 1996
Sawyer (Strawn, North)81267691	Strawn North	Gas	—

Lifecycle

Oct 11, 1996Received · Application received by the RRC
Oct 11, 1996Issued · Permit approved
Oct 30, 1996Spud · Drilling began
Oct 31, 1996Surface casing · Surface string set
Nov 6, 1996Well status · Final completion
Apr 15, 1997Final update · Last change in RRC records
Oct 11, 1998Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 640
Nearest town: 13.4 mi SE of Sonora

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
453762-99	Oct 11, 1996	A	Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp	Espy 40 #8

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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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