WELL · 42-051-31043 · DISTRICT 3

Norton B #1

Plugged

Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) field · Vertical

Norton B #1 (API 42-051-31043) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged April 7, 1997, last operated by J & M Well Salvage Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 24, 1980, permitted to 11,000 ft.

It was permitted by Genesis Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to J & M Well Salvage Company on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

J & M Well Salvage Company

Permitted by Genesis Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Somerville, TX · P-5 Inactive, filed Jan 9, 1998 · (409) 596-1184

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	J & M Well Salvage Company
Production reports	Great West Energy & Expl., Inc.through Feb 1995
Latest permit	Genesis Petroleum CorporationSep 24, 1980

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

11,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Sep 24, 1980: last permit issued
Mar 10, 1981: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
2.76K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 10, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 7, 1997

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
Norton "B" G-3-93162	Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)	J & M Well Salvage Company	1	0	2.76K	Jan 1993 – Apr 1997

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.

1Hunter Petroleum Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 1994
2Great West Energy & Expl., Inc.Dec 1994 → Feb 1995

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
93709-99	Drill	Genesis Petroleum Corporation	Sep 24, 1980	Sep 24, 1980	—	11,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-93162	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,802	10,960	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	3,090	15	1,545 S
2.875	10,550	—	—
7	10,839	8.75	430 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	Jan 12, 1984	Apr 13, 1981	—

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 42-051-31043 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-051-31043 → 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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