WELL · 42-167-30381 · DISTRICT 3
Cooper Williams Oil Unit #1
Galveston County · Algoa (24) field · Vertical
Cooper Williams Oil Unit #1 (API 42-167-30381) is a plugged well in Galveston County, plugged January 23, 2006, last operated by Houston Petroleum Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1977 and 1979, permitted to 10,806 ft.
It was permitted by Superior Oil Company, The and has since transferred to Houston Petroleum Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 8.99K barrels of oil and 532 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2008.
Operator of record
Permitted by Superior Oil Company, The; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- May 15, 2018
- Permits on file
- 223
- Phone
- (713) 521-0704
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Superior Oil Company The |
| Production reports | Algoa Operating Company, LLCthrough Jul 2000 |
| Latest permit | Superior Oil Company, TheSep 10, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,806
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Sep 10, 1979
- last permit issued
- Oct 6, 1979
- completed
- 8.99K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 532
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 6, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 23, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Williams Oil Unit O-3-12532 | Algoa (24) | Houston Petroleum Company | 1 | 8.99K | 532 | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
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.
- 1Kerns O & G, Inc.Mar 1993 → Apr 1995
- 2Riata Energy, Inc.May 1995 → Jun 2000
- 3Algoa Operating Company, LLCJul 2000 → Jul 2000
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57872-99 | Recompletion | Superior Oil Company, The | Sep 10, 1979 | Sep 10, 1979 | — | 10,806 |
| 6628-99 | Drill | Superior Oil Company, The | Aug 31, 1977 | Aug 31, 1977 | — | 10,806 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 1979 | Cooper Williams Oil Unit O-3-12532 | Algoa (24) | Houston Petroleum Company | Plugged | — |
| — | Cooper-Williams Gas Unit G-3-72600 | Algoa ( 37) | Superior Oil Company The | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,708 | 8,716 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 76 | — | — |
| 10.75 | 1,830 | 15 | 850 S |
| 2.875 | 8,660 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,806 | 9.875 | 615 S |
| 5.5 | 10,906 | 9.875 | 615 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Oct 30, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 31, 1977 | — |
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 42-167-30381 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-167-30381 → 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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