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Empire South Deep Unit #023

PluggedVertical gas wellOCD status: Plugged (site released)

County
Eddy

A vertical gas well in Eddy County, New Mexico, operated by Chevron U S A Inc. OCD status: plugged (site released).

Spudded May 22, 2001 and drilled to 10,950 ft measured depth; plugged April 2, 2015.

Completed in one pool: Empire; Morrow, South (Gas).

It has reported 42 bbl of oil, 301,032 Mcf of gas, and 0 bbl of water since August 2001; its last reported production was December 2014.

0
bbl oil, 12 months through Aug 2026
0
Mcf gas, same 12 months
0
bbl produced water, same 12 months
42
bbl oil since Aug 2001 · 301,032 Mcf gas

Reported production

Every month on file for this well on form C-115, summed across its pools and the operators that filed it. The newest months can still be amended.

Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 1,323(-100%)

010K20K20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015

Empire South Deep Unit #023: Gas by month.

Completions

ONE PER POOL THE WELL IS COMPLETED IN

PoolStatusPerforations, ftCompletedProducedOil, bblGas, McfWater, bbl
Empire; Morrow, South (Gas)Plugged · Flowing10,718 to 10,737Aug 7, 2001Aug 2001 to Dec 201442301,0320

Operators of record

OperatorFromTo
Chevron U S A IncOct 9, 2012today
Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Feb 1, 2004Oct 9, 2012
Concho ExplorationApr 20, 2001Feb 1, 2004
Harvey E Yates CoFeb 26, 2001Apr 20, 2001

Well record

API number
30-015-31620
Location
D-1-18S-28E · 1980 FNL, 660 FWL
Ground elevation
3,657 ft
Measured depth
10,950 ft
True vertical depth
10,950 ft
Perforations
10,718 to 10,737 ft
Land
State
Property
Empire South Deep Unit
APD
Approved Feb 26, 2001
Proposed formation
South Empire Morrow
Target depth
11,200 ft
Spudded
May 22, 2001
Plugged
Apr 2, 2015

About this data

New Mexico Oil Conservation Division (OCD), from its public database extracts. Status and type are in OCD's own words. Production and injection are what operators filed on form C-115, by well and month; twelve-month figures end in Aug 2026, the last month whose filings are in. Locations are from the well's location plat and are approximate. Nothing is estimated.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/3001531620, documented in the API reference.