WELL · 42-143-30504 · DISTRICT 7

Indianola Railroad #1

Plugged

Erath County · Newark East (Barnett Shale) field  · Vertical

Indianola Railroad #1 (API 42-143-30504) is a plugged well in Erath County, plugged March 12, 2020, last operated by Vanco Oil & Gas Corp..

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1979 and 2009, permitted to 5,000 ft.

It was permitted by Cumming Company, Inc. The and has since transferred to Vanco Oil & Gas Corp. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Strawn, Marble Falls, Barnett, Mississipian.

Operator of record

Vanco Oil & Gas Corp.

Permitted by Cumming Company, Inc. The; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · (325) 677-1991

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleVanco Oil & Gas Corp.
Production reportsCumming Company, Inc. Thethrough Dec 2008
Latest permitCumming Company, Inc. TheFeb 25, 2009

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

5,000
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Feb 25, 2009
last permit issued
Apr 13, 2009
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
214K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2020

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 13, 2009
Shut in
—
Plugged
Mar 12, 2020

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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Indianola Railroad G-13-249815Newark, East (Barnett Shale)Vanco Oil & Gas Corp.100Mar 2009 – Mar 2020
Indianola Railroad G-8-84277Indianola (Marble Falls)Cumming Company, Inc. The10214KJan 1993 – Apr 2009

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.

  1. 1Sun-Key Oil Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 2008
  2. 2Cumming Company, Inc. TheDec 2008 → Dec 2008

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
677700-99RecompletionCumming Company, Inc. TheJan 22, 2009Feb 25, 2009Feb 25, 20095,000
301659-99RecompletionSun Expl. & Prod. Co.-AbileneJan 11, 1985Jan 22, 1985—4,300
52340-99DrillTexas Pacific Oil Company, Inc.Jul 6, 1979Jul 6, 1979—4,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-8-84277————
—— G-13-249815————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,306 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Strawn1,587-281
Marble Falls3,105-1,799
BarnettBARNETT SHALE3,456-2,150
Mississipian3,536-2,230
Ellenburger3,946-2,640

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
1,5871,999Perforated
3,1053,119Perforated
3,5403,563Perforated
4,1454,300Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252132.25200 S
8.62521312.25200 S
2.3753,480——
5.54,1457.875650 S
5.5—7.875650 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 2, 2009Apr 17, 2009Yes
00Jul 31, 2009——
00Aug 12, 1986Aug 5, 1986—
00May 12, 1986Apr 4, 1986—
00May 10, 1986——
00Jan 12, 1984Sep 25, 1979—

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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
1.91M
bbl, all reported
Sep 2017
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000100480W-14 DisposalPlugged Apr 20, 20206,0001,9753,950–4,300

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 61,556(-100%)

05K10K15K20162017

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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