PERMITS · 97166-99 · DISTRICT 11

Drill: Ellis #1

Expired

V-F Petroleum Inc.  ·  Gaines County  · Vertical  · 2 fields named · RE-Enter · Plugged dry hole (P&A)

Open the well record →

API 42-165-31901 · everything on file for the well this permit is for

Oct 28, 1980
issued
12,765
permitted depth, ft
42-165-31901
API number
1
version on file

FIRST SEEN BY PETRORA OCT 28, 1980 · WHY THIS DIFFERS FROM THE ISSUE DATE

Permitted fields

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

They are not one formation, so no target formation is stated. The RRC files them in field-number order, not in order of intent.

FieldFormationProposed well
Champmon (Dev.)16860333—Oil
Champmon (Strawn)16860666StrawnOil

Lifecycle

  1. Oct 28, 1980Received · Application received by the RRC
  2. Oct 28, 1980Issued · Permit approved
  3. Feb 13, 1981Spud · Drilling began
  4. Mar 27, 1981Well status · Plugged dry hole (P&A)
  5. Oct 28, 1981Expired · Not drilled within the permit term

A drilling permit is valid for two years from issuance unless extended. How permits work →

Surface location

Acres
151
Nearest town
13 mi ESE of Seminole

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
96915-99Oct 28, 1980AV-F Petroleum Inc.Ellis #1

Wells nearby

Every well with a location on file around this permit's well, in any state, nearest first.

Loading the map…

Open the full map →

Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.

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/97166, documented in the API reference.