WELL · 42-177-31787 · DISTRICT 1

York #1

Plugged

Gonzales County · First Shot (Austin Chalk) field  · Horizontal · Sidetrack

York #1 (API 42-177-31787) is a plugged horizontal well in Gonzales County, plugged July 11, 2000, last operated by Chesapeake Operating Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1990 and 1991, permitted to 11,400 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.

Its 2 leases have reported 16.8K barrels of oil and 34.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2001.

Operator of record

Chesapeake Operating Inc.

Oklahoma City, OK · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 13,061 permits on file · (405) 935-7500

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleChesapeake Operating Inc.
Production reportsChesapeake Operating, Inc.through Feb 1999
Latest permitChesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 4, 1991
11,400
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Apr 4, 1991
last permit issued
May 7, 1991
completed
16.8K
cumulative oil, bbl
34.8K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2001

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
May 7, 1991
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jul 11, 2000

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 2 leases this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
York O-1-12811First Shot (Austin Chalk)Chesapeake Operating, Inc.116.8K34.8KJan 1993 – Jan 2001
— O-1-12778——000—

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. 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1999

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
386407-99Recompletion · sidetrackChesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 4, 1991Apr 4, 1991Apr 6, 199111,400
374751-99DrillDantex Oil & Gas, Inc.Jun 21, 1990Jun 21, 1990Jul 5, 19908,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-1-12778————
—— O-1-12811————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 345 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Pecan Gap8,248-7,903
Austin Chalk8,640-8,295
Austin Chalk8,690-8,345

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,68611,405Perforated
8,91711,327Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
166424—
10.751,00614.75670 S
7.6258,6869.8751,240 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
00Feb 14, 1992Sep 9, 1991Yes
00Feb 7, 1991Oct 5, 1990Yes
00Jan 22, 1991——
00Jan 10, 1991——

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). 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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