WELL · 42-161-30447 · DISTRICT 5

McMichael #1

Mcmichael #1 (API 42-161-30447) is a permitted well in Freestone County filed by Grace Petroleum Corp.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1979, permitted to 13,000 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley.

Operator of record

Grace Petroleum Corp.

Tulsa, OK · P-5 Y, filed Feb 3, 1993 · 280 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Valence Operating Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Grace Petroleum Corp.Apr 11, 1979

13,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Apr 11, 1979: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
1.3M: 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 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
McMichael "A" G-5-82023	Teague Townsite (Cotton Valley)	Valence Operating Company	1	0	1.3M	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 14,902 · prior 12 13,822(+8%)

Chain of custody

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

1Grace Petroleum Corp.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
2Sonat Exploration Company -TylerFeb 1993 → Nov 1999
3Anadarko Petroleum CorporationDec 1999 → Oct 2011
4Valence Operating CompanyNov 2011 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
46895-99	Drill	Grace Petroleum Corp.	Apr 11, 1979	Apr 11, 1979	Sep 22, 1978	12,600
30764-99	Drill	Dallas Exploration, Inc.	Aug 16, 1978	Aug 16, 1978	Sep 22, 1978	13,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-5-82023	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 478 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Pettit	7,948	-7,470
Travis Peak	8,170	-7,692
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY SAND	10,300	-9,822
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME	12,240	-11,762

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,350	11,370	Perforated
12,280	12,376	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
14	79	16	285 S
9.625	4,945	12.25	1,650 S
2.875	12,100	—	—
5.5	12,606	7.875	1,130 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
May 20, 2014	Apr 16, 2014	—
Apr 30, 2014	Feb 19, 2014	—
Jan 12, 1984	Mar 5, 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.

Wellbore filings for 42-161-30447 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-30447 → 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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