WELL · 42-161-30623 · DISTRICT 5

Riley W. E. Gas Unit #1

Plugged

Freestone County · Burleson Hill (Bossier) field · Vertical

Riley W. E. Gas Unit #1 (API 42-161-30623) is a plugged well in Freestone County, plugged August 9, 2013, last operated by Chesapeake Operating Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 24, 1980, permitted to 16,000 ft.

It was permitted by Wainoco Oil & Gas Company and has since transferred to Chesapeake Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Chesapeake Operating Inc.

Permitted by Wainoco Oil & Gas Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Oklahoma City, OK
P-5 status: Delinquent (D)
P-5 last filed: Dec 10, 2024
Permits on file: 13,061
Phone: (405) 935-3100

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Chesapeake Operating Inc.
Production reports	Swift Energy Companythrough May 2001
Latest permit	Wainoco Oil & Gas CompanySep 24, 1980

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

16,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Sep 24, 1980: last permit issued
Apr 20, 1981: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
462K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2013

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Apr 20, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 9, 2013

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
Riley, W. E. Gas Unit G-5-94112	Burleson Hill (Bossier)	Chesapeake Operating, Inc.	1	0	462K	Jan 1993 – Aug 2013

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.

1Swift Energy CompanyJan 1993 → May 2001

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
93621-99	Drill	Wainoco Oil & Gas Company	Sep 24, 1980	Sep 24, 1980	Oct 12, 1980	16,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-5-94112	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
13,015	13,030	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	89	—	—
10.75	2,000	14.75	1,520 S
2.875	12,958	—	—
7.625	13,122	9.875	1,775 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	Sep 24, 2009	Mar 12, 2009	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Jun 24, 1981	—

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 42-161-30623 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-30623 → 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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