TEXAS · WELLS · CHAMBERS COUNTY · API 42-071-02957 · DISTRICT 03
RFR Tract 246 #71
Chambers County · Red Fish Reef (Frio 1 Seg. B-3) field · Vertical
Rfr Tract 246 #71 (API 42-071-02957) is a plugged well in Chambers County, plugged May 11, 1985, last operated by Galveston Bay Operating CO LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 16, 1983, permitted to 9,600 ft.
It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Galveston Bay Operating CO LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC
Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- May 6, 2019
- Permits on file
- 5
- Phone
- (985) 870-5959
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.Aug 16, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 16, 1983
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 11, 1985
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Wells named RFR Tract 246
Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Chambers County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC | May 8, 2017 | today |
| Galveston Bay Energy, LLC | Jul 31, 2009 | May 8, 2017 |
| Tekoil and Gas Gulf Coast, LLC | Oct 1, 2006 | Jul 31, 2009 |
| Masters Oil & Gas, LLC | Jan 1, 2003 | Oct 1, 2006 |
| Masters Resources, L.L.C. | Jun 1, 2000 | Jan 1, 2003 |
| Vintage Petroleum, Inc. | Jun 1, 1991 | Jun 1, 2000 |
| Exxon Corp. | Apr 1, 1977 | Jun 1, 1991 |
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205795-99 | Recompletion | Exxon Corp. | Aug 10, 1983 | Aug 16, 1983 | — | 9,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | RFR Tract 246 O-3-6618 | Red Fish Reef (Frio 1 Seg. B-3) | Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC | Plugged | — |
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 | Apr 19, 1984 | Mar 6, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 6, 1984 | — |
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 42-071-02957 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-071-02957 → 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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