TEXAS · WELLS · GONZALES COUNTY · COOK, JOHN D. UNIT LEASE · API 42-177-31604 · DISTRICT 01
Cook John D. Unit #1
Gonzales County · Mag (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical
Cook John D. Unit #1 (API 42-177-31604) is a plugged well in Gonzales County, plugged January 12, 1999, last operated by Dreyfus Louis Natural Gas Corp.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1985, permitted to 7,800 ft.
It was permitted by Royal Oil & Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Dreyfus Louis Natural Gas Corp on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Anacacho, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford, Buda.
Its lease has reported 9.15K barrels of oil and 2.09K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Dreyfus Louis Natural Gas Corp
Permitted by Royal Oil & Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Oklahoma City, OK
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 17, 2000
- Permits on file
- 1,709
- Phone
- (405) 749-5263
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Dreyfus Louis Natural Gas Corp |
| Production reports | Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corpthrough May 1998 |
| Latest permit | Royal Oil & Gas Corp.Jul 2, 1985 |
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
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 2, 1985
- last permit issued
- Jul 19, 1985
- completed
- 9.15K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.09K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 1998
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 19, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 12, 1999
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook, John D. Unit O-1-10538 | Mag (Austin Chalk) | Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas Corp | 1 | 9.15K | 2.09K | Jan 1993 – May 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.
- 1Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpJan 1993 → May 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 279313-99 | Recompletion | Royal Oil & Gas Corp. | Jun 21, 1985 | Jul 2, 1985 | — | 7,420 |
| 273443-99 | Drill | Royal Oil & Gas Corp. | Apr 25, 1985 | Apr 26, 1985 | May 5, 1985 | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1985 | Cook John D. Unit O-1-10538 | Mag (Austin Chalk) | Dreyfus Louis Natural Gas Corp | Plugged | — |
| Jun 4, 1985 | Cook John D. Unit O-1-10425 | Christian (6800) | Royal Oil & Gas Corp. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 327 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Anacacho | 6,730 | -6,403 |
| Austin Chalk | 6,900 | -6,573 |
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD | 7,225 | -6,898 |
| Buda | 7,290 | -6,963 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,864 | 7,169 | Perforated |
| 7,291 | 7,361 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,415 | 12.25 | 990 S |
| 4.5 | 7,420 | 7.875 | 835 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 | Aug 29, 1985 | Aug 12, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Aug 24, 1985 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 18, 1985 | Jun 10, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jun 14, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-177-31604 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-177-31604 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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