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PERMITS · 484570-99 · DISTRICT 4

Drill: Porras Gas Unit #5

Expired

Houston Exploration Company, The  ·  Zapata County  · Vertical  · 9900, 3 fields · Final completion

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API 42-505-33943 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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May 18, 1999
issued
10,800
permitted depth, ft
42-505-33943
API number
1
version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA MAY 18, 1999 · 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 9900 fields, so the target formation is the 9900.

FieldFormationProposed wellCompleted in it
Wildcat8001 · the district's wildcat fieldAnyOil or gas—
Charco (9200)17130515—Gas—
Charco (9400)17130525—Gas—
Charco (9900)17130550—GasJul 5, 1999

Lifecycle

  1. May 17, 1999Received · Application received by the RRC
  2. May 18, 1999Issued · Permit approved
  3. Jun 15, 1999Spud · Drilling began
  4. Jun 16, 1999Surface casing · Surface string set
  5. Jul 5, 1999Well status · Final completion
  6. Aug 31, 1999Final update · Last change in RRC records
  7. May 18, 2001Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres
704
Nearest town
11 mi SW of Zapata

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Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.ReceivedStatusOperatorLease / well
484570-99May 17, 1999AHouston Exploration Company, ThePorras Gas Unit #5

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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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