TEXAS · WELLS · COTTLE COUNTY · PRENTISS FIELDS "A" LEASE · API 42-101-30217 · DISTRICT 7B
Prentiss Fields A #1
Cottle County · Tippen S. (Congl.) field · Vertical
Prentiss Fields A #1 (API 42-101-30217) is a plugged well in Cottle County, plugged April 16, 1997, last operated by Patton Exploration Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 12, 1978, permitted to 7,000 ft.
It was permitted by Sojourner Drlg. Corp. and has since transferred to Patton Exploration Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 7 barrels of oil and 31.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sojourner Drlg. Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 5, 2026
- Permits on file
- 173
- Phone
- (325) 677-3318
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Patton Exploration Inc. |
| Production reports | Patton Exploration, Inc.through Aug 1995 |
| Latest permit | Sojourner Drlg. Corp.Apr 12, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 12, 1978
- last permit issued
- May 15, 1978
- completed
- 7
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 31.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1993 THROUGH Aug 1995
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 15, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 16, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prentiss Fields "A" G-11-77094 | Tippen, S. (Congl.) | Patton Exploration, Inc. | 1 | 7 | 31.7K | Jan 1993 – Aug 1995 |
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.
- 1Sojourner Drilling CorporationFeb 1993 → Dec 1993
- 2Patton Exploration, Inc.Aug 1994 → Aug 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21997-99 | Drill | Sojourner Drlg. Corp. | Apr 12, 1978 | Apr 12, 1978 | May 24, 1978 | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 1978 | Prentiss Fields A G-11-77094 | Tippen S. (Congl.) | Patton Exploration Inc. | Plugged | — |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 363 | 12.25 | 363 S |
| 4.5 | 6,650 | 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 | Jun 16, 1978 | — |
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 42-101-30217 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-101-30217 → 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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