WELL · 42-163-31964 · DISTRICT 1

Covey Chapel #1

Plugged

Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical

Covey Chapel #1 (API 42-163-31964) is a plugged well in Frio County, plugged April 16, 1998, last operated by Ginco Operating CO..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 27, 1981, permitted to 7,100 ft.

It was permitted by Arrow Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Ginco Operating CO. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 1.59K barrels of oil and 238 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Ginco Operating Co.

Permitted by Arrow Petroleum 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	Ginco Operating Co.through Oct 1995
Latest permit	Arrow Petroleum CompanyApr 27, 1981

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

7,100: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 27, 1981: last permit issued
Jul 26, 1981: completed
1.59K: cumulative oil, bbl
238: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jul 26, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 16, 1998

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
Covey Chapel O-1-7331	Pearsall (Austin Chalk)	Ginco Operating Co.	1	1.59K	238	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.

1Frio, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
2Brymer Contracting IncorporatedAug 1993 → May 1995
3Gillco Oil Service, Inc.Jun 1995 → Jul 1995
4Ginco Operating Co.Aug 1995 → Oct 1995

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
118987-99	Drill	Arrow Petroleum Company	Apr 27, 1981	Apr 27, 1981	—	7,100

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-7331	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,750	7,163	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	159	14.75	150 S
7	6,560	9.875	1,900 S
2.875	6,780	—	—

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	Aug 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 42-163-31964 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-163-31964 → 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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