WELL · 42-025-33215 · DISTRICT 2

Helm #1

Plugged

Bee County · Helm (Pettus) field · Vertical

Helm #1 (API 42-025-33215) is a plugged well in Bee County, plugged December 16, 2004, last operated by Hughes Dan A. Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 21, 2003, permitted to 5,000 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Jackson, Pettis.

Its lease has reported 6.26K barrels of oil and 117K mcf of gas since May 2003, last reporting in March 2005.

Operator of record

Hughes Dan A. Company

Beeville, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 5, 2010 · 448 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Hughes Dan A. Company
Production reports	Hughes, Dan A. Companythrough Jul 2004
Latest permit	Hughes, Dan A. CompanyApr 21, 2003

5,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 21, 2003: last permit issued
May 9, 2003: completed
6.26K: cumulative oil, bbl
117K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2003 THROUGH Mar 2005

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 9, 2003
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 16, 2004

Surface location

No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Helm O-2-8801	Helm (Pettus)	Hughes, Dan A. Company	1	6.26K	117K	May 2003 – Mar 2005

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Hughes, Dan A. CompanyJun 2003 → Jul 2004

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
530959-99	Drill	Hughes, Dan A. Company	Apr 21, 2003	Apr 21, 2003	Apr 27, 2003	5,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-2-8801	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 412 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)BASAL MIOCENE	970	-558
Jackson	2,480	-2,068
Pettis	3,524	-3,112

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,538	3,539	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	412	12.25	230 S
4.5	4,000	7.875	695 S

Completion filings

W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Aug 7, 2003	Jun 27, 2003	Yes
00	Jul 28, 2003	—	—

The source documents

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

Wellbore filings for 42-025-33215 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-025-33215 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.

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