WELL · 42-163-30977 · DISTRICT 1
Booth F. I. -C- #1
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Booth F. I. -C- #1 (API 42-163-30977) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged May 20, 1986, last operated by Ginco Operating CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 29, 1991, permitted to 6,595 ft.
It was permitted by Oryx Energy Company and has since transferred to Ginco Operating CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 6.79K barrels of oil and 259 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2001.
Operator of record
Permitted by Oryx Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 4 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ginco Operating Co. |
| Production reports | Freedom Energy, Inc. (I)through Sep 1998 |
| Latest permit | Oryx Energy CompanyOct 29, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,595
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 29, 1991
- last permit issued
- Mar 16, 1977
- completed
- 6.79K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 259
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 16, 1977
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 20, 1986
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth, F. I. O-1-13464 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Freedom Energy, Inc. (I) | 1 | 6.79K | 259 | Jan 1993 – Mar 2001 |
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.
- 1Oryx Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 1993
- 2HPC Operating, Inc.Jan 1994 → May 1994
- 3Freedom Energy, Inc. (I)Jun 1994 → Sep 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 393429-99 | Drill | Oryx Energy Company | Oct 29, 1991 | Oct 29, 1991 | Nov 8, 1991 | 6,595 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-13464 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 439 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Anacacho | 6,064 | -5,625 |
| Austin ChalkTOP AUSTIN CHALK | 6,406 | -5,967 |
| Austin ChalkBASE AUSTIN CHALK | 6,760 | -6,321 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,205 | 8,737 | Perforated |
| 6,870 | 6,891 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 541 | 12.25 | 395 S |
| — | 3,557 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 6,950 | 7.875 | — |
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 | Mar 27, 1992 | Feb 24, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 23, 1992 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 28, 1977 | — |
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 42-163-30977 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-30977 → 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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