WELL · 42-161-30685 · DISTRICT 5

Emerson #1

Plugged

Freestone County · Cheneyboro (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Emerson #1 (API 42-161-30685) is a plugged well in Freestone County, plugged August 22, 1997, last operated by Hondo Operating Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 5, 1981, permitted to 11,923 ft.

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

Its lease has reported 4.53K barrels of oil and 47 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in October 1997.

Operator of record

Hondo Operating Inc.

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

Fort Worth, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 6, 1999

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Hondo Operating Inc.
Production reports	M. E. Operating & Services, Inc.through Jan 1997
Latest permit	Wainoco Oil & Gas CompanyAug 5, 1981

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

11,923: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Aug 5, 1981: last permit issued
Dec 20, 1981: completed
4.53K: cumulative oil, bbl
47: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 20, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 22, 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 →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Emerson O-5-2395	Cheneyboro (Cotton Valley)	Hondo Operating, Inc.	1	4.53K	47	Jan 1993 – Oct 1997

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.

1M. E. Operating & Services, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1997

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
128762-99	Drill	Wainoco Oil & Gas Company	Aug 5, 1981	Aug 5, 1981	Aug 30, 1981	11,923

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-5-2395	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,375	10,603	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	75	26	1,725 S
9.625	4,288	12.25	2,337 S
2.875	10,307	—	—
5.5	11,918	8.75	—

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	Jan 12, 1984	Dec 28, 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 42-161-30685 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-30685 → 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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