WELL · 42-161-30496 · DISTRICT 5
Arco Fee #1
Freestone County · Neal (Smackover) field · Directional
Arco Fee #1 (API 42-161-30496) is a well in Freestone County operated by Texaco Producing Inc., completed March 5, 1980.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended once) between 1979 and 1990, permitted to 12,910 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Woodbine, Cotton Valley, Smackover.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 1, 1992 · 780 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Texaco Producing Inc. |
| Production reports | TGNR Gulf Coast LLCthrough Jul 2021 |
| Latest permit | Texaco Producing Inc.Oct 17, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,910
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Oct 17, 1990
- last permit issued
- Mar 5, 1980
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 126K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 5, 1980
- 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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco Fee Bossier Gas Unit G-5-137930 | Neal (Bossier) | Diversified Production LLC | 1 | 0 | 126K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Arco Fee Unit O-5-3251 | Cheneyboro (Cotton Valley) | Texaco E & P Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – May 1993 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Apache CorporationMar 1995 → Nov 2011
- 3Patara Oil & Gas LLCDec 2011 → Feb 2012
- 4Patara Andover I LLCMar 2012 → Feb 2014
- 5Cci Gulf Coast Upstream LLCMar 2014 → Dec 2020
- 6TGNR Gulf Coast LLCFeb 2021 → Jul 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379661-99 | Recompletion | Texaco Producing Inc. | Oct 17, 1990 | Oct 17, 1990 | Oct 20, 1990 | 12,400 |
| 343490-98 | Recompletion | Texaco Producing Inc. | May 12, 1988 | Mar 8, 1988 | — | 12,910 |
| 343490-99 | Recompletion | Texaco Producing Inc. | Mar 4, 1988 | Mar 8, 1988 | — | 12,910 |
| 48625-99 | Drill | Getty Oil Co. | May 16, 1979 | May 16, 1979 | Jun 21, 1979 | 12,910 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-5-137930 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-5-3251 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 291 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Woodbine | 3,854 | -3,563 |
| Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME | 11,660 | -11,369 |
| Smackover | 12,100 | -11,809 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,046 | 11,086 | Perforated |
| 11,104 | 11,114 | Perforated |
| 11,752 | 11,762 | Perforated |
| 12,131 | 12,356 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 648 | 17.5 | 760 S |
| 9.625 | 4,451 | 12.25 | 670 S |
| 7 | 10,435 | 8.75 | 970 S |
| 2.875 | 11,980 | — | — |
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 | Jun 4, 1991 | Mar 28, 1991 | Yes |
| 00 | May 2, 1991 | — | — |
| 00 | Aug 31, 1988 | May 24, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 15, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 19, 1980 | — |
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 42-161-30496 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-161-30496 → 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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