WELL · 42-167-01290 · DISTRICT 3

Cooper B Unit #1

Plugged

Galveston County · Algoa (48) field · Vertical

Cooper B Unit #1 (API 42-167-01290) is a plugged well in Galveston County, plugged August 14, 1996, last operated by Midcon Offshore Inc..

The RRC has issued 4 drilling permits between 1988 and 1993, permitted to 11,915 ft.

Its 4 leases have reported 4.21K barrels of oil and 24.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2008. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Midcon Offshore Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 14, 2001 · 4 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Midcon Offshore Inc.
Production reports	Midcon Offshore, Inc.through May 1994
Latest permit	Midcon Offshore, Inc.Jul 20, 1993

11,915: total depth, ft
4: permits on file
Jul 20, 1993: last permit issued
Dec 9, 1992: completed
4.21K: cumulative oil, bbl
24.3K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 9, 1992
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 14, 1996

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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Cooper "B" Unit O-3-20950	Algoa ( 34 Sand)	Midcon Offshore, Inc.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Mar 2008
Cooper "B" Unit O-3-22081	Algoa (47)	Midcon Offshore, Inc.	1	4.08K	21.6K	May 1993 – Aug 2003
Cooper B Unit O-3-21907	Algoa (48)	Midcon Offshore, Inc.	1	136	2.73K	Jan 1993 – Sep 1993
— O-3-20102	—	—	0	0	0	—

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.

1Midcon Offshore, Inc.Jan 1993 → May 1994

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
413950-99	Recompletion	Midcon Offshore, Inc.	Jul 16, 1993	Jul 20, 1993	Mar 24, 1993	11,901
408830-99	Recompletion	Midcon Offshore, Inc.	Feb 8, 1993	Feb 18, 1993	Oct 20, 1992	11,901
381824-99	Recompletion	Kerns O & G, Inc.	Dec 3, 1990	Dec 20, 1990	Dec 20, 1990	11,901
343835-99	Recompletion	Kerns O & G, Inc.	Mar 14, 1988	May 24, 1988	—	11,915

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-20102	—	—	—	—
—	— O-3-20950	—	—	—	—
—	— O-3-21907	—	—	—	—
—	— O-3-22081	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,656	9,660	Perforated
9,770	9,822	Perforated
11,398	11,408	Perforated
11,611	11,613	Perforated
11,681	11,685	Perforated
11,681	11,696	Perforated
11,690	11,696	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
11.75	1,798	—	1,300 S
11.75	1,822	16	750 S
7.625	10,446	10.625	100 S
7.625	10,873	—	1,200 S
2.875	—	—	—

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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Aug 24, 1993	Jul 16, 1993	Yes
Aug 4, 1993	Feb 8, 1993	Yes
Mar 19, 1993	Feb 8, 1993	Yes
Mar 2, 1993	Mar 15, 1991	Yes
May 2, 1991	Mar 15, 1991	Yes
Apr 12, 1991	May 25, 1988	—
Jun 7, 1988	May 25, 1988	—
Jun 2, 1988	—	—
Jul 22, 1985	May 31, 1985	—
Jun 29, 1985	—	—
Jan 12, 1984	Oct 14, 1975	—

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 42-167-01290 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-167-01290 → 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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