WELL · 42-143-30630 · DISTRICT 7

Sanders L. D. #1

Plugged

Erath County · Wildcat field · Vertical

Sanders L. D. #1 (API 42-143-30630) is a plugged well in Erath County, plugged August 31, 1993, last operated by Herod Bill.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 24, 1980, permitted to 3,900 ft.

It was permitted by Southwestern Gas Expl. Corp. and has since transferred to Herod Bill on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Big Saline, Marble Falls, Barnett, Ellenburger.

Operator of record

Herod Bill

Permitted by Southwestern Gas Expl. Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Ranger, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2022 · 26 permits on file · (254) 631-1445

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Herod Bill
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Southwestern Gas Expl. Corp.Mar 24, 1980

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

3,900: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Mar 24, 1980: last permit issued
Jul 23, 1980: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 1993

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jul 23, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 31, 1993

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
Sanders, L. D. G-8-144589	Wildcat	Herod, Bill	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Aug 1993

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
76078-99	Drill	Southwestern Gas Expl. Corp.	Mar 24, 1980	Mar 24, 1980	Apr 23, 1980	3,900

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-8-144589	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft
Big Saline	3,250
Marble Falls	3,434
BarnettBARNETT SHALE	3,600
EllenburgerELLENBERGER	3,705

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,694	3,859	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	313	12.25	250 S
4.5	3,862	7.875	325 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	May 20, 1993	Mar 29, 1993	—
00	Apr 5, 1993	—	—

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 42-143-30630 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-143-30630 → 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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