WELL · 42-103-31840 · DISTRICT 8
State EC #4
Crane County · Dune field · Vertical
State EC #4 (API 42-103-31840) is a plugged well in Crane County, plugged December 29, 1998, last operated by Orbit Crude Inc..
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1978 and 1997, permitted to 4,050 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Grayburg.
Its 3 leases have reported 192 barrels of oil since December 1994, last reporting in March 1999. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2019 · 39 permits on file · (432) 631-3840
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Orbit Crude Inc. |
| Production reports | Orbit Crude, Inc.through Jul 1998 |
| Latest permit | Orbit Crude, IncMay 20, 1997 |
- 4,050
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- May 20, 1997
- last permit issued
- Jun 18, 1998
- completed
- 192
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 1994 THROUGH Mar 1999
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 18, 1998
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 29, 1998
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State "EC" O-10-35765 | Dune | Orbit Crude, Inc. | 1 | 6 | 0 | Jun 1998 – Mar 1999 |
| University "30-4" O-10-34343 | Dune | McCabe Energy, Inc. | 2 | 186 | 0 | Dec 1994 – Jan 1996 |
| — O-10-11216 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
- 1McCabe Energy, Inc.Dec 1994 → Aug 1995
- 2Orbit Crude, Inc.Jun 1998 → Jul 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 462434-99 | Reenter | Orbit Crude, Inc | May 15, 1997 | May 20, 1997 | May 6, 1997 | 3,950 |
| 428634-99 | Reenter | McCabe Energy, Inc. | Sep 29, 1994 | Sep 29, 1994 | Sep 29, 1994 | 3,900 |
| 19742-99 | Drill | Gulf Oil Corp. | Mar 10, 1978 | Mar 10, 1978 | May 18, 1978 | 4,050 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-11216 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-34343 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-35765 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,668 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,784 | 3,788 | Perforated |
| 3,784 | 3,858 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 812 | 12.25 | 375 S |
| 8.625 | 812 | — | 475 S |
| 2.375 | 3,784 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 3,950 | 7.875 | 100 S |
| 5.5 | 3,950 | — | 700 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 | Jul 16, 1998 | Jun 22, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 2, 1998 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 31, 1995 | Dec 20, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 28, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 11, 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 42-103-31840 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-103-31840 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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