WELL · 42-161-30944 · DISTRICT 5

Fryer Gas Unit "B" #1

Fryer Gas Unit "B" #1 (API 42-161-30944) is a permitted well in Freestone County filed by Valence Operating Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1984 and 2004, permitted to 13,170 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Sub-Clarksville, Woodbine, Cotton Valley.

Operator of record

Valence Operating Company

Based in: Kingwood, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Jun 4, 2026
Permits on file: 990
Phone: (281) 359-3659

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Valence Operating Companythrough Feb 2019
Latest permit	Valence Operating CompanyNov 16, 2004

13,170: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Nov 16, 2004: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
1.18M: 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
Fryer Gas Unit "B" G-5-117404	Nan-SU-Gail (CV Consolidated)	Valence Operating Company	1	0	1.18M	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.

1Valence Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 2019

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
551830-99	Recompletion	Valence Operating Company	Oct 1, 2004	Nov 16, 2004	—	13,170
245900-99	Drill	Texaco Inc.	Jun 21, 1985	Jul 24, 1984	Nov 4, 1984	13,170

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-5-117404	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 405 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Austin Chalk	3,802	-3,397
Sub-ClarksvilleSUB CLARKSVILLE	4,185	-3,780
Woodbine	4,600	-4,195
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY SANDS	12,424	-12,019
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME	13,070	-12,665

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
12,425	12,554	Perforated
12,510	12,520	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	901	17.5	605 S
13.375	907	17.5	605 S
8.625	5,083	12.25	563 S
5.5	13,170	7.875	654 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
Dec 27, 2000	Nov 7, 2000	—
Aug 7, 1985	Mar 19, 1985	—
Aug 3, 1985	—	—

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 42-161-30944 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-30944 → 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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