TEXAS · WELLS · FRIO COUNTY · AVANT UNIT LEASE · API 42-163-32617 · DISTRICT 01
Avant Unit #1
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Avant Unit #1 (API 42-163-32617) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged December 1, 1993, last operated by Williams Clayton Energy Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 10, 1990, permitted to 7,000 ft.
It was permitted by Williams, Clayton W., JR., Inc. and has since transferred to Williams Clayton Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 86 barrels of oil and 3 mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Williams, Clayton W., Jr., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 11, 2017
- Permits on file
- 1,139
- Phone
- (281) 872-3100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Williams Clayton Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc.through Dec 1993 |
| Latest permit | Williams, Clayton W., Jr., Inc.Jan 10, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 10, 1990
- last permit issued
- Feb 28, 1990
- completed
- 86
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH DEC 1993
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 28, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 1, 1993
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avant Unit O-1-12419 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc. | 1 | 86 | 3 | by Jan 1993 – Dec 1993 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Avant Unit
Williams Clayton Energy Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Frio County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Williams, Clayton W., Jr., Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1993
- 2Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc.Dec 1993 → Dec 1993
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 368496-99 | Drill | Williams, Clayton W., Jr., Inc. | Jan 10, 1990 | Jan 10, 1990 | Jan 16, 1990 | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 1990 | Avant Unit O-1-12419 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Williams Clayton Energy Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 22 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 6,593 | -6,571 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,602 | 10,224 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 703 | 14.75 | 505 S |
| 7.625 | 6,602 | 9.875 | 200 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 20, 1990 | Mar 9, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 31, 1990 | — | — |
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 42-163-32617 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32617 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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