WELL · 42-149-80090 · DISTRICT 3

McCandless Oil Unit #1

Plugged

Fayette County · Cistern (Wilcox-L-) field  · Vertical

Mccandless Oil Unit #1 (API 42-149-80090) is a plugged well in Fayette County, plugged June 5, 1997, last operated by Somont Oil CO. Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1982, permitted to 4,340 ft.

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 scheduleSomont Oil Co. Inc.
Production reportsnone
Latest permitSomont Oil Co., Inc.May 6, 1982
4,340
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
May 6, 1982
last permit issued
Oct 1, 1978
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
0
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 1, 1978
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 5, 1997

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
McCandless Gas Unit G-3-110819Cistern (Wilcox K)Somont Oil Co., Inc.100Jan 1993 – Jun 1997

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

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
159988-99RecompletionSomont Oil Co., Inc.May 6, 1982May 6, 1982Sep 3, 19824,340
32029-99OtherSomont Oil Co., Inc.Sep 6, 1978Sep 6, 1978—4,340

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-3-110819————

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
2,8682,871Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.75493——
2.3752,206——
62,908——

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
00Jun 13, 1984Dec 22, 1982—
00Jan 12, 1984Jun 21, 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.

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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