PERMITS · 5700-99 · DISTRICT 4

Drill: Mecom, J. W. #9

Expired

Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc. · Zapata County · Vertical · Lobo, 3 fields · Recomplete

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API 42-505-30898 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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Aug 18, 1977: issued
11,000: permitted depth, ft
42-505-30898: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA AUG 18, 1977 · 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 Lobo fields, so the target formation is the Lobo.

Field	Formation	Proposed well	Completed in it
Wildcat8001 · the district's wildcat field	Any	Gas	—
J. C. Martin (Lobo)44957500	—	Gas	Nov 15, 1977
J. C. Martin (Wilcox 7700)44957630	wilcox	Gas	—
J. C. Martin (Wilcox 9900)44957800	Wilcox 9900	Gas	—

Lifecycle

Aug 18, 1977Received · Application received by the RRC
Aug 18, 1977Issued · Permit approved
Aug 18, 1978Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 8,304
Nearest town: 9 mi NE of San Ygnacio

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
5654-99	Aug 18, 1977	A	Gas Producing Enterprises, Inc.	Mecom, J. W. #9

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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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