WELL · 42-197-30002 · DISTRICT 9

Loveless #1

Plugged

Hardeman County · Kyle & Tapp(mississippian) field · Vertical

Loveless #1 (API 42-197-30002) is a plugged well in Hardeman County, plugged September 8, 2022, last operated by Rio Petroleum Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 1983, permitted to 8,700 ft.

Its lease has reported 2.62K barrels of oil and 23 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Rio Petroleum Inc.

Amarillo, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 128 permits on file · (806) 290-4855

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Rio Petroleum Inc.
Production reports	Masada Oil & Gasthrough Oct 2005
Latest permit	Rio Petroleum, Inc.Sep 29, 1983

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

8,700: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Sep 29, 1983: last permit issued
Dec 9, 1981: completed
2.62K: cumulative oil, bbl
23: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 9, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Sep 8, 2022

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
Loveless "A" O-13-23656	Bent Tree (6350)	Masada Oil & Gas	1	2.62K	23	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.

1Rio Petroleum, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 1995
2Masada Oil & GasSep 2000 → Oct 2005

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
215598-99	Recompletion	Rio Petroleum, Inc.	Sep 23, 1983	Sep 29, 1983	—	8,680
99678-99	Other	Amarala Petroleum Inc.	Nov 18, 1980	Nov 18, 1980	Dec 4, 1980	8,700

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-13-23656	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,326	6,362	Perforated
8,310	8,386	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	391	12.25	—
2.375	6,429	—	—
2.375	8,374	—	—
4.5	8,680	7.875	525 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 →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jan 12, 1984	Oct 12, 1983	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Dec 14, 1981	—

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 42-197-30002 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-197-30002 → 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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