PERMITS · 880948-97 · DISTRICT 10

Drill: UL Empire 15-16 C #7TB

Expired

Vital Energy, Inc. · Ward County · Horizontal · Final completion

Jun 17, 2022: issued
13,500: permitted depth, ft
42-475-38422: API number
3: versions on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA JUN 17, 2022 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

Jun 17, 2022Issued · Permit approved
Sep 21, 2023Received · Application received by the RRC
Sep 26, 2023Amended · Changed after issuance
Oct 8, 2023Spud · Drilling began
Oct 8, 2023Surface casing · Surface string set
Apr 27, 2024Well status · Final completion
Jun 17, 2024Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 880.96
Nearest town: 7.4 mi NE of Pyote
Coordinates: 31.56099, -103.24258

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Versions

The RRC numbers versions down from 99: 99 is the original filing, 98 the first amendment. Current version first.

Seq	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Amended	Depth	Seen
97	Drill	Vital Energy, Inc.	Sep 21, 2023	Jun 17, 2022	Sep 26, 2023	13,500	Jun 17, 2022
98	Drill	Vital Energy, Inc.	Aug 25, 2023	Jun 17, 2022	Sep 8, 2023	13,500	Jun 17, 2022
99	Drill	Forge Energy Operating, LLC	Jun 7, 2022	Jun 17, 2022	—	11,600	Jun 17, 2022

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
880948-97	Sep 21, 2023	A	Vital Energy, Inc.	UL Empire 15-16 C #7TB
880948-98	Aug 25, 2023	A	Vital Energy, Inc.	UL Empire 15-16 C #7TB
880948-99	Jun 7, 2022	A	Forge Energy Operating, LLC	UL Empire 18-15-16 WA5 #5H

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/880948, documented in the API reference.