TEXAS · WELLS · BROWN COUNTY · API 42-049-31952 · DISTRICT 6E
Balkum Sam #1
Brown County · Magnum (Congl) field · Vertical
Balkum Sam #1 (API 42-049-31952) is a plugged well in Brown County, plugged September 24, 1984, last operated by Tidwell Don.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 11, 1979, permitted to 3,700 ft.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Albany, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 4, 1991
- Permits on file
- 5
- Phone
- (325) 762-3331
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Tidwell Don |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Tidwell, DonJan 11, 1979 |
- 3,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 11, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jan 10, 1979
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 10, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 24, 1984
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.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40756-99 | Drill | Tidwell, Don | Jan 11, 1979 | Jan 11, 1979 | Jan 17, 1979 | 3,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1979 | Balkum Sam O-8-14881 | Magnum (Congl) | Tidwell Don | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,074 | 3,084 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 105 | 11 | 85 S |
| 2.375 | 3,070 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,400 | 7.875 | 250 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 7, 1979 | — |
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 42-049-31952 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-049-31952 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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