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WELL · 42-149-32392 · DISTRICT 3

McCandles Oil Pool #8

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Fayette County  · Vertical

Mccandles Oil Pool #8 (API 42-149-32392) is a permitted well in Fayette County filed by Somont Oil CO., Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1990 and 2012, permitted to 2,250 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Wilcox.

Its 2 leases have reported 31.9K barrels of oil and 167 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Somont Oil Co., Inc.

Spring, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 3, 2024 · 22 permits on file · (713) 410-7705

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsA. Bauer, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitSomont Oil Co., Inc.Jun 18, 2012
2,250
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Jun 18, 2012
last permit issued
—
completed
31.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
167
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
McCandless Oil Unit O-3-8116Cistern (Wilcox -J-)A. Bauer, LLC430.2K167Jan 1993 – Jul 2026
McCandless Oil Pool O-3-26211Cistern (Wilcox G)A. Bauer, LLC11.7K0Jan 2012 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 386 · prior 12 227(+70%)

050100202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Somont Oil Co., Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 2024
  2. 2A. Bauer, LLCSep 2024 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
740954-99RecompletionSomont Oil Co., Inc.May 17, 2012Jun 18, 2012—2,250
688315-99RecompletionSomont Oil Co., Inc.Dec 7, 2009Dec 18, 2009Sep 28, 20102,250
371442-99DrillSomont Oil Co., Inc.Mar 26, 1990Apr 3, 1990—2,250

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-8116————
—— O-3-26211————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 435 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxWILCOX G1,930-1,495
WilcoxWILCOX H2,058-1,623
WilcoxWILCOX I2,175-1,740
WilcoxWILCOX J2,228-1,793

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
1,9331,935Perforated
2,2342,248Open hole

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
5.52,2347.875450 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
00Jan 30, 2014Nov 26, 2012—
00Jul 17, 1990Jun 8, 1990Yes
00Jun 26, 1990——

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.

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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