WELL · 42-183-30935 · DISTRICT 6

D.C. Driggers B #5

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Gregg County · Willow Springs (Travis Peak) field  · Vertical

D.C. Driggers B #5 (API 42-183-30935) is a permitted well in Gregg County filed by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1992 and 1997, permitted to 11,000 ft.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including BMA, Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.

Operator of record

Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler

Houston, TX · P-5 New, filed Jun 29, 1992 · 655 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSonat Exploration Company -Tyler
Production reportsFaulconer Energy, LLCthrough Jul 2023
Latest permitSonat Exploration Company -TylerSep 8, 1997

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
2
permits on file
Sep 8, 1997
last permit issued
—
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
3.66M
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Driggers, D.C. Gas Unit G-6-142591Willow Springs (Cotton Valley,w)Faulconer Energy, LLC103.66MJan 1993 – Jul 2026
Driggers, D.C. Gas Unit G-6-166587Willow Springs (Travis Peak)Faulconer Energy, LLC100Oct 1997 – Jul 2026
D.C. Driggers "B" O-6-13718Willow Springs (Travis Peak)Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler100Oct 1997 – Dec 1997

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

01020202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Powell, Gene Investments, Inc.Jan 1993 → May 1994
  2. 2Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJun 1994 → Dec 1999
  3. 3EL Paso Production CompanyJan 2000 → Mar 2002
  4. 4Hunt Petroleum CorporationApr 2002 → Nov 2008
  5. 5XTO Energy Inc.Dec 2008 → May 2022
  6. 6Faulconer Energy, LLCMay 2023 → Jul 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
467314-99RecompletionSonat Exploration Company -TylerSep 8, 1997Sep 8, 1997Sep 13, 199710,797
400722-99DrillPowell, Gene Investments, Inc.Jun 30, 1992Jul 7, 1992Aug 5, 199211,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-6-142591————
—— G-6-166587————
—— O-6-13718————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 362 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
BMA6,520-6,158
Rodessa6,680-6,318
Pettit7,280-6,918
Travis Peak7,460-7,098
Cotton Valley9,010-8,648

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
7,4968,812Perforated
7,49610,060Perforated
10,48810,562Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,54511440 S
4.510,7977.8751,710 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
00Mar 3, 1998Jan 21, 1998—
00Mar 3, 1998Nov 24, 1997—
00Feb 25, 1998——
00Dec 1, 1997——
00Nov 9, 1992Oct 9, 1992Yes
00Oct 27, 1992——

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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