PERMITS · 605166-99 · DISTRICT 4

Drill: Fasken Land & Mineral St. of TX. #6301

Expired

Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc. · Webb County · Vertical · Olmos, 2 fields · Final completion

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API 42-479-39247 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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Aug 19, 2005: issued
7,300: permitted depth, ft
42-479-39247: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA AUG 19, 2005 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Permitted fields

3 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	—
Las Tiendas (Olmos)52211060	Olmos	Gas	Sep 22, 2005
Palafox (Wilcox 2400)68509500	Wilcox 2400	Gas	—

Lifecycle

Aug 18, 2005Received · Application received by the RRC
Aug 19, 2005Issued · Permit approved
Sep 12, 2005Spud · Drilling began
Sep 13, 2005Surface casing · Surface string set
Sep 22, 2005Well status · Final completion
Aug 19, 2007Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 640
Nearest town: 27.1 mi NW of Laredo
Nearest lease line: 589 ft

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Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
605166-99	Aug 18, 2005	A	Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.	Fasken Land & Mineral St. of TX. #6301

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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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