WELL · 42-161-31424 · DISTRICT 5

McMahon Gas Unit #4

Mcmahon Gas Unit #4 (API 42-161-31424) is a permitted well in Freestone County filed by Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1997 and 2001, permitted to 17,000 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Paluxy, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley.

Operator of record

Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp

Oklahoma City, OK · P-5 Y, filed Sep 6, 2002 · 1,709 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corpthrough Jun 2001
Latest permit	Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpJun 14, 2001

17,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jun 14, 2001: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
2.23M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 1998 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
McMahon, Richard L. G-5-168093	Bear Grass (Cotton Valley Lime)	Craton Operating LLC	1	0	2.23M	Mar 1998 – 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.

1Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpMar 1998 → Jun 2001

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
510297-99	Recompletion	Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp	Jun 14, 2001	Jun 14, 2001	—	14,363
461295-99	Drill	American Exploration Company	Apr 17, 1997	Apr 17, 1997	Jun 8, 1997	17,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-5-168093	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 471 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Paluxy	6,570	-6,099
Pettit	8,892	-8,421
Travis Peak	9,281	-8,810
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LM.	14,208	-13,737

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
14,239	14,015	Perforated
14,457	14,228	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
11.6	5,596	14.75	1,540 S
5.5	10,106	—	100 S
7.625	14,012	9.875	2,800 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	Jun 10, 1998	Mar 25, 1998	Yes
00	May 29, 1998	—	—

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 42-161-31424 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-161-31424 → 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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