WELL · 42-181-30996 · DISTRICT 9

Kusch #1

Kusch #1 (API 42-181-30996) is a permitted well in Grayson County filed by Holden Energy Corporation; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1983, permitted to 10,500 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Cordell Sands.

Its lease has reported 8.62K barrels of oil and 319K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Holden Energy Corporation

Ardmore, OK · P-5 Y, filed Mar 3, 1995 · 54 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	BKM Productionthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Holden Energy CorporationOct 11, 1983

10,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Oct 11, 1983: last permit issued
—: completed
8.62K: cumulative oil, bbl
319K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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
Kusch O-13-24203	Perrin, N. Afb (Cordell Sd.)	BKM Production	1	8.62K	319K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 72 · prior 12 33(+118%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Holden Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Sep 1994
2M-B Operating Co., Inc.Oct 1994 → Jun 2017
3BKM ProductionJul 2017 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
216891-99	Drill	Holden Energy Corporation	Oct 11, 1983	Oct 11, 1983	Oct 15, 1983	10,500
215791-99	Drill	Holden Energy Corporation	Apr 19, 1984	Sep 30, 1983	Oct 15, 1983	9,890

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-13-24203	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 17 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Cordell Sands	9,280	-9,263

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,280	9,292	Perforated
9,316	9,324	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,881	12.25	2,320 sx
5.5	9,889	7.875	1,050 sx

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	Jun 27, 1984	Apr 18, 1984	—
00	Jun 21, 1984	Apr 18, 1984	—

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 42-181-30996 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-181-30996 → 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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