PERMITS · 912495-97 · DISTRICT 6

Drill: McCrary #1H

Spudded

Valence Operating Company · Smith County · Horizontal

Jan 12, 2026: issued
9,500: permitted depth, ft
42-423-32480: API number
3: versions on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA JAN 12, 2026 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Lifecycle

Jan 12, 2026Issued · Permit approved
Feb 1, 2026Spud · Drilling began
Feb 2, 2026Surface casing · Surface string set
Feb 23, 2026Received · Application received by the RRC
Mar 2, 2026Amended · Changed after issuance
Jan 12, 2028Expires · Unless drilled or extended before then

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Surface location

Acres: 202.94
Nearest town: 1.3 mi N of Noonday
Coordinates: 32.25302, -95.40044

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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	Valence Operating Company	Feb 23, 2026	Jan 12, 2026	Mar 2, 2026	9,500	Jan 12, 2026
98	Drill	Valence Operating Company	Feb 10, 2026	Jan 12, 2026	Feb 18, 2026	12,600	Jan 12, 2026
99	Drill	Valence Operating Company	Dec 31, 2025	Jan 12, 2026	—	12,600	Jan 12, 2026

Application records

Status entries the RRC filed against this permit number.

Status no.	Received	Status	Operator	Lease / well
912495-97	Feb 23, 2026	A	Valence Operating Company	McCrary #1H
912495-98	Feb 10, 2026	A	Valence Operating Company	Luscombe B (Alloc) #9H
912495-99	Dec 31, 2025	A	Valence Operating Company	Luscombe B (Alloc) #9H

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/912495, documented in the API reference.