TEXAS · WELLS · FAYETTE COUNTY · API 42-149-30311 · DISTRICT 03
Chicken Ranch #1
Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
Chicken Ranch #1 (API 42-149-30311) is a plugged well in Fayette County, plugged December 22, 1987, last operated by Heci Exploration Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1982, permitted to 9,600 ft.
It was permitted by Humble Exploration CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Heci Exploration Company on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Humble Exploration Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Giddings, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 30, 1990
- Permits on file
- 86
- Phone
- (972) 690-5300
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Heci Exploration Company |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Humble Exploration Co., Inc.Sep 17, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,600
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Sep 17, 1982
- last permit issued
- Oct 28, 1978
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 28, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 22, 1987
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.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172156-99 | Recompletion | Humble Exploration Co., Inc. | Sep 17, 1982 | Sep 17, 1982 | — | 7,952 |
| 35489-99 | Drill | Humble Exploration Co., Inc. | Oct 25, 1978 | Oct 25, 1978 | Sep 14, 1978 | 9,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 1978 | Chicken Ranch O-3-12044 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Heci Exploration Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,656 | 7,808 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,380 | 12.25 | 900 S |
| 2.375 | 7,566 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,025 | — | 370 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 3, 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 42-149-30311 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-149-30311 → 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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