WELL · 42-165-36412 · DISTRICT 8

T.S. Riley 197 Gas Unit #1

Plugged

Gaines County · Seminole (Yates) field  · Vertical

T.S. Riley 197 Gas Unit #1 (API 42-165-36412) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged June 11, 2024, last operated by Oxy USA Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 15, 2005, permitted to 3,550 ft.

It was permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation and has since transferred to Oxy USA Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Seven Rivers.

Operator of record

OXY USA Inc.

Permitted by Amerada Hess Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 3,316 permits on file · (713) 215-7000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleOXY USA Inc.
Production reportsAmerada Hess Corporationthrough Jun 2006
Latest permitAmerada Hess CorporationAug 15, 2005

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

3,550
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 15, 2005
last permit issued
Jul 11, 2006
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
401
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2006 THROUGH Jun 2024

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 11, 2006
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jun 11, 2024

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
T.S. Riley 197 Gas Unit G-11-215964Seminole (Yates)OXY USA Inc.10401Apr 2006 – Jun 2024

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.

  1. 1Amerada Hess CorporationApr 2006 → Jun 2006

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
604957-99DrillAmerada Hess CorporationAug 15, 2005Aug 15, 2005Nov 24, 20053,550

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-11-215964————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,339 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rustler2,1881,151
Yates3,27465
Seven Rivers3,473-134

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,3363,453Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,01912.25945 S
5.53,6227.875500 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jul 22, 2010Jul 13, 2006—
00Dec 6, 2006Jul 25, 2006—
00Sep 19, 2006May 12, 2006Yes
00May 19, 2006——

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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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