PERMITS · 889941-99 · DISTRICT 2

Drill: Smith Mellick-Scheele-B.huth SA #6H

Expired

Marathon Oil EF LLC · Karnes County · Horizontal · Final completion

Apr 20, 2023: issued
24,000: permitted depth, ft
42-255-37127: API number
1: version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA APR 20, 2023 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

Apr 20, 2023Received · Application received by the RRC
Apr 20, 2023Issued · Permit approved
May 29, 2023Spud · Drilling began
May 30, 2023Surface casing · Surface string set
Aug 15, 2023Well status · Final completion
Apr 20, 2025Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

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Surface location

Acres: 985.56
Nearest town: 7.9 mi SW of Karnes City
Coordinates: 28.85946, -98.02873

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Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
889941-99	Apr 20, 2023	A	Marathon Oil EF LLC	Smith Mellick-Scheele-B.huth SA #6H

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/889941, documented in the API reference.