PERMITS · 610097-99 · DISTRICT 4

Drill: Rathmell Land and Cattle Co. #2

Expired

Houston Exploration Company, The · Zapata County · Directional · Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated) field · Final completion

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API 42-505-35430 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

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Nov 28, 2005: issued
9,500: permitted depth, ft
42-505-35430: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA NOV 28, 2005 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Permitted fields

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

The field the operator is after is Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated); the other is the district's wildcat field, the fallback for a zone no field is named for.

Field	Formation	Proposed well	Completed in it
Wildcat8001 · the district's wildcat field	Any	Oil or gas	—
Roleta (Wilcox Consolidated)77973050	Wilcox Consolidated	Gas	Dec 20, 2005

Lifecycle

Nov 28, 2005Received · Application received by the RRC
Nov 28, 2005Issued · Permit approved
Dec 7, 2005Spud · Drilling began
Dec 7, 2005Surface casing · Surface string set
Dec 20, 2005Well status · Final completion
Nov 28, 2007Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 40
Nearest town: 6.2 mi SE of Zapata
Nearest lease line: 349 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
610097-99	Nov 28, 2005	A	Houston Exploration Company, The	Rathmell Land and Cattle Co. #2

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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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