WELL · 42-071-30973 · DISTRICT 3

Red Fish Reef North Unit #4B

Plugged

Chambers County · Red Fish Reef North (8740) field · Vertical

Red Fish Reef North Unit #4B (API 42-071-30973) is a plugged well in Chambers County, plugged February 24, 1992, last operated by Sun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Lafayette.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1979 and 1984, permitted to 9,200 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Fb-2, F-4 (Proposed), F-10, F-15.

Operator of record

Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Lafayette

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Oct 29, 1997
Permits on file: 237
Phone: (318) 988-4870

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Lafayette
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-LafayetteOct 17, 1984

9,200: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Oct 17, 1984: last permit issued
Mar 10, 1980: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 10, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Feb 24, 1992

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
— O-3-18145	—	—	0	0	0	—

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
254773-99	Recompletion	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Lafayette	Oct 29, 1984	Oct 17, 1984	Oct 16, 1984	9,200
116950-99	Recompletion	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Lafayette	May 4, 1981	May 4, 1981	—	9,200
56527-99	Drill	Sun Exploration & Production Co.	Aug 28, 1979	Aug 28, 1979	Dec 7, 1979	9,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-18145	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 20 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
FB-2, F-4 (Proposed)	8,278	-8,258
F-10	8,699	-8,679
F-15	9,122	-9,102

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,278	8,284	Perforated
8,284	8,286	Perforated
8,699	8,712	Perforated
9,091	9,099	Perforated
9,122	9,129	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	120	—	—
10.75	2,317	14.75	1,345 S
2.375	8,652	—	—
2.375	8,760	—	—
7	9,200	9.875	1,070 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jan 8, 1985	Nov 28, 1984	—
Dec 20, 1984	—	—
Jan 12, 1984	May 8, 1981	—
Jan 12, 1984	Mar 20, 1980	—
Jan 12, 1984	Mar 17, 1980	—

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 42-071-30973 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-071-30973 → 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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