TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · CATON "B" LEASE · API 42-165-33623 · DISTRICT 7B
Caton B #1
Gaines County · Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) field · Shut In · Vertical
Caton B #1 (API 42-165-33623) is a well in Gaines County operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC, completed June 18, 1987 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 1998.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 18, 1987, permitted to 7,800 ft.
It was permitted by Petroleum Technical Services CO. and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Yates, San Andres, Tubb, Wichita-Albany.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Petroleum Technical Services Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 28, 2025
- Permits on file
- 54
- Phone
- (713) 337-4600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Crescent Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Petroleum Technical Services Co.May 18, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 18, 1987
- last permit issued
- Jun 18, 1987
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH —
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 18, 1987
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 1998
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caton "B" O-11-66009 | Tex-Mex, SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 330378-99 | Drill | Petroleum Technical Services Co. | May 18, 1987 | May 18, 1987 | — | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 1987 | Caton B O-11-66009 | Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating LLC | Shut In · shut in Jan 1, 1998 | 7,800 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,486 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,865 | 621 |
| San Andres | 4,356 | -870 |
| Tubb | 6,729 | -3,243 |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA ALBANY LIME | 7,332 | -3,846 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,462 | 7,646 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,697 | 12.25 | 835 S |
| 4.5 | 7,800 | 7.875 | 1,650 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 | Jul 16, 1987 | Jul 8, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 14, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-165-33623 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-33623 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/16533623, documented in the API reference.