WELL · 42-161-30479 · DISTRICT 5

Whatley #1

Plugged

Freestone County · Simsboro N. (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Whatley #1 (API 42-161-30479) is a plugged well in Freestone County, plugged May 10, 1994, last operated by Enron Oil & Gas Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 12, 1979, permitted to 13,000 ft.

It was permitted by Texas Oil & Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Enron Oil & Gas Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Cotton Valley, Bossier.

Operator of record

Enron Oil & Gas Company

Permitted by Texas Oil & Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 3, 1999 · 2,825 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Enron Oil & Gas Company
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Texas Oil & Gas Corp.Jan 12, 1979

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

13,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jan 12, 1979: last permit issued
Apr 20, 1979: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1995

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Apr 20, 1979
Shut in: —
Plugged: May 10, 1994

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
Whatley G-5-83519	Simsboro, N. (Cotton Valley)	Enron Oil & Gas Company	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Mar 1995

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
40816-99	Drill	Texas Oil & Gas Corp.	Jan 12, 1979	Jan 12, 1979	Feb 9, 1979	13,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-5-83519	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 395 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Cotton Valley	8,920	-8,525
Bossier	10,755	-10,360
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME	11,770	-11,375

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,024	11,037	Perforated
11,045	11,051	Perforated
11,057	11,083	Perforated
11,095	11,114	Perforated
11,827	11,843	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	84	17.5	75 S
9.625	4,593	12.25	940 S
2.875	11,715	—	75 S
5.5	12,210	8.75	300 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	Apr 6, 1992	Mar 10, 1992	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Aug 6, 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 42-161-30479 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-30479 → 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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