PERMITS · 540817-99 · DISTRICT 4
Drill: James Trust 1355 #3
ExpiredVirtex Petroleum Company, Inc. · Webb County · Vertical · Olmos, 11 fields · Final completion
API 42-479-38611 · everything on file for the well this permit is for
- Jan 15, 2004
- issued
- 7,800
- permitted depth, ft
- 42-479-38611
- API number
- 1
- version on file
FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA JAN 15, 2004 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE
Permitted fields
12 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 Olmos fields, so the target formation is the Olmos.
| Field | Formation | Proposed well | Completed in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildcat8001 · the district's wildcat field | Any | Oil or gas | — |
| Owen (Escondido)67885190 | Escondido | Gas | — |
| Owen (Escondido 2)67885200 | Escondido 2 | Gas | — |
| Owen (Olmos)67885400 | Olmos | Gas | — |
| Owen (3700)67885600 | — | Gas | — |
| Owen (3800)67885800 | — | Gas | — |
| Owen (3900)67885807 | — | Gas | — |
| Tom Walsh (Escondido)90606200 | Escondido | Oil or gas | — |
| 90606400 | — | Oil | — |
| Tom Walsh (Olmos)90606600 | Olmos | Oil or gas | Mar 17, 2004 |
| Tom Walsh (Wilcox)90606800 | Wilcox | Gas | — |
| Tom Walsh (Wilcox 4350)90606814 | wilcox | Gas | — |
A field shown by number alone has no completed well or production on record, so no RRC list Petrora holds names it.
Lifecycle
- Jan 15, 2004Received · Application received by the RRC
- Jan 15, 2004Issued · Permit approved
- Mar 8, 2004Spud · Drilling began
- Mar 8, 2004Surface casing · Surface string set
- Mar 17, 2004Well status · Final completion
- Jun 29, 2004Final update · Last change in RRC records
- Jan 15, 2006Expired · Not drilled within the permit term
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Surface location
- Acres
- 640
- Nearest town
- 8 mi W'LY of Encinal
- Nearest lease line
- 570 ft
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540817-99 | Jan 15, 2004 | A | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc. | James Trust 1355 #3 |
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/540817, documented in the API reference.