WELL · 42-059-33475 · DISTRICT 7
Purcell Lawrence A #1
Callahan County · Callahan County Regular (Gas) field · Vertical
Purcell Lawrence A #1 (API 42-059-33475) is a plugged well in Callahan County, plugged July 10, 2023, last operated by Bayou Operating Company Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 11, 1981, permitted to 3,975 ft.
It was permitted by Rapada Energy Incorporated and has since transferred to Bayou Operating Company Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 13.3K barrels of oil and 68.5K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2023. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Rapada Energy Incorporated; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 37 permits on file · (325) 668-0059
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bayou Operating Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Interstate Explorations LLCthrough May 2021 |
| Latest permit | Rapada Energy IncorporatedDec 11, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,975
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 11, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jan 11, 1982
- completed
- 13.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 68.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 11, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 10, 2023
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purcell, Lawrence "A" O-8-18231 | Callahan County Regular | Interstate Explorations LLC | 4 | 13.3K | 68.3K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2023 |
| Purcell, Lawrence "A" G-8-98455 | Callahan County Regular (Gas) | Bayou Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 239 | Jan 1993 – Jan 1993 |
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.
- 1Bayou Operating Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 2012
- 2Interstate Explorations LLCApr 2012 → May 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143866-99 | Drill | Rapada Energy Incorporated | Dec 11, 1981 | Dec 11, 1981 | Dec 12, 1981 | 3,975 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-8-98455 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-18231 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,735 | 3,739 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 118 | 11 | 100 S |
| 2.375 | 3,667 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,923 | 7.875 | 175 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 | Mar 10, 1993 | Feb 1, 1993 | — |
| 00 | Feb 8, 1993 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 1, 1982 | — |
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 42-059-33475 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-059-33475 → 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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