PERMITS · 67820-99 · DISTRICT 3

Drill: State Tract 311 #1

Expired

Venus Oil Company  ·  Matagorda County  · Vertical  · Oyster Lake (Frio 4000) field · RE-Entry · Plugged dry hole (P&A)

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API 42-321-30965 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

Dec 21, 1979
issued
4,560
permitted depth, ft
42-321-30965
API number
1
version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA DEC 21, 1979 · 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 Oyster Lake (Frio 4000); the other is the district's wildcat field, the fallback for a zone no field is named for.

FieldFormationProposed well
Wildcat6001 · the district's wildcat fieldAnyGas
Oyster Lake (Frio 4000)67961333frioGas

Lifecycle

  1. Dec 21, 1979Received · Application received by the RRC
  2. Dec 21, 1979Issued · Permit approved
  3. Dec 31, 1979Amended · Changed after issuance
  4. May 15, 1980Spud · Drilling began
  5. Dec 31, 1980Expired · Not drilled within the permit term
  6. Dec 28, 1982Well status · Plugged dry hole (P&A)
  7. Mar 2, 1983Final update · Last change in RRC records

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Surface location

Acres
484
Nearest town
5 mi S of Palacios

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.ReceivedStatusOperatorLease / well
67611-99Dec 21, 1979AVenus Oil CompanyState Tract 311 #1

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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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