WELL · 42-163-33153 · DISTRICT 1
Panther Hollow #47
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Panther Hollow #47 (API 42-163-33153) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged June 2, 1995, last operated by Oryx Energy Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1993 and 2006, permitted to 9,680 ft.
It was permitted by Mcday Energy Corp. and has since transferred to Oryx Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including 1st Lime, Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its 2 leases have reported 628K barrels of oil and 856K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2008. The leases carry 46 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by McDay Energy Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 5, 1999 · 1,627 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Oryx Energy Company |
| Production reports | Oryx Energy Companythrough Nov 1996 |
| Latest permit | McDay Energy Corp.Apr 5, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,680
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 5, 2006
- last permit issued
- Jun 2, 1993
- completed
- 628K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 856K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 2, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 2, 1995
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 46 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Hollow O-1-14769 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | McDay Energy Corp. | 2 | 0 | 0 | Sep 2006 – Feb 2008 |
| Panther Hollow O-1-4948 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Oryx Energy Company | 44 | 628K | 856K | Jan 1993 – Jun 1997 |
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 → Nov 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 616996-99 | Reenter | McDay Energy Corp. | Apr 4, 2006 | Apr 5, 2006 | May 17, 2006 | 5,960 |
| 410189-99 | Drill | Oryx Energy Company | Mar 25, 1993 | Mar 25, 1993 | May 15, 1993 | 9,680 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-4948 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-14769 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 504 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| 1ST Lime | 5,324 | -4,820 |
| Anacacho | 5,453 | -4,949 |
| Austin Chalk | 5,733 | -5,229 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,766 | 9,776 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 748 | 14.75 | 475 S |
| 7 | 5,766 | 9.875 | 1,600 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 | Apr 25, 2007 | Sep 22, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 18, 2007 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 23, 1993 | Jul 9, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 19, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-163-33153 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-33153 → 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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