TEXAS · WELLS · HARDIN COUNTY · CHOATE FEE LEASE · API 42-199-32812 · DISTRICT 03
Choate Fee #24
Hardin County · Batson New field · Shut In · Vertical
Choate Fee #24 (API 42-199-32812) is a well in Hardin County operated by Tandem Energy Corporation, completed September 25, 2002 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in April 1, 2015.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 26, 2000, permitted to 2,317 ft.
It was permitted by Porter, James W. Special and has since transferred to Tandem Energy Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Mioceneto Td.
Its lease has reported 960K barrels of oil and 41.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 57 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Porter, James W. Special; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 24, 2026
- Permits on file
- 138
- Phone
- (713) 364-7822
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Tandem Energy Corporation |
| Production reports | Tandem Energy Corporationthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Porter, James W. SpecialSep 26, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,317
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 26, 2000
- last permit issued
- Sep 25, 2002
- completed
- 960K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 41.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 25, 2002
- Shut in
- Apr 1, 2015
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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; they carry 57 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choate Fee O-3-224 | Batson New | Tandem Energy Corporation | 57 | 960K | 41.8K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 17,017 · prior 12 23,326(-27%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Porter, James W.Jan 1993 → Sep 1993
- 2Porter, James W. SpecialOct 1993 → Jan 2001
- 3Arrowhead Operating Inc.Feb 2001 → Apr 2005
- 4Tandem Energy CorporationMay 2005 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500081-99 | Drill | Porter, James W. Special | Sep 26, 2000 | Sep 26, 2000 | Aug 10, 2002 | 3,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2002 | Choate Fee O-3-224 | Batson New | Tandem Energy Corporation | Shut In · shut in Apr 1, 2015 | 2,317 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,132 | 2,152 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 615 | 11.75 | 290 S |
| 4.5 | 2,315 | 7.875 | 493 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 | Dec 11, 2002 | Oct 4, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 21, 2002 | — | — |
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 42-199-32812 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-199-32812 → 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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