WELL · 42-177-30744 · DISTRICT 1

Kokernot #1

Plugged

Gonzales County · Dilworth South (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical

Kokernot #1 (API 42-177-30744) is a plugged well in Gonzales County, plugged November 28, 1996, last operated by J.W. Service Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 30, 1980, permitted to 11,000 ft.

It was permitted by Longhorn Oil&Gas CO. and has since transferred to J.W. Service Company on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 3.61K barrels of oil and 24 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 1998.

Operator of record

J.W. Service Company

Permitted by Longhorn Oil&gas Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Smithville, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 5, 2026

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	J.W. Service Company
Production reports	J.W. Service Companythrough Jan 1997
Latest permit	Longhorn Oil&gas Co.Dec 30, 1980

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

11,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Dec 30, 1980: last permit issued
Nov 18, 1981: completed
3.61K: cumulative oil, bbl
24: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1998

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 18, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 28, 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 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
Kokernot O-1-7739	Dilworth, South (Austin Chalk)	J.W. Service Company	1	3.61K	24	Jan 1993 – Jun 1998

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.

1Merit Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Jun 1994
2Brazos Petroleum, Inc.Jul 1994 → Jul 1994
3Bryant, J.e.'woody'Aug 1994 → Aug 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
103988-99	Drill	Longhorn Oil&gas Co.	Dec 30, 1980	Dec 30, 1980	May 12, 1981	11,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-7739	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,304	10,404	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	662	14.75	450 S
7.625	9,700	9.875	630 S
2.375	10,232	—	—

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	Jan 29, 1982	—

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 42-177-30744 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-177-30744 → 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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