WELL · 42-203-31134 · DISTRICT 6

Howell #4

Howell #4 (API 42-203-31134) is a permitted well in Harrison County filed by Arkla, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1984, permitted to 9,500 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Bac, Tma, BMA, T/Sligo.

Operator of record

Arkla, Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 5, 2010 · 23 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Sheridan Production Co III, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Arkla, Inc.Dec 3, 1984

9,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Dec 3, 1984: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
1.53M: 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
Howell G-6-114157	Waskom (Cotton Valley)	Diversified Production LLC	1	0	1.53M	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 20,282 · prior 12 15,213(+33%)

Chain of custody

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

1Arkla Exploration Co.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
2Seagull Mid-South, Inc.Feb 1993 → May 1998
3Seagull Energy E&P Inc.Jun 1998 → Oct 2000
4Ocean Energy, Inc.Nov 2000 → Aug 2003
5Devon Louisiana CorporationSep 2003 → Dec 2005
6Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Jan 2006 → Jun 2016
7Sheridan Production Company, LLCJul 2016 → Dec 2019
8Sheridan Production Co III, LLCJan 2020 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
260015-99	Drill	Arkla, Inc.	May 2, 1984	Dec 3, 1984	—	9,500
236946-99	Drill	Arkla, Inc.	Apr 13, 1984	Apr 27, 1984	—	9,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-114157	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 294 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Bac	2,434	-2,140
Tma	4,522	-4,228
BMA	4,775	-4,481
T/Sligo	5,567	-5,273
T/Travis Peak	5,887	-5,593
T/Cotton Valley	7,742	-7,448

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,100	8,185	Perforated
9,155	9,384	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
20	60	—	—
8.625	1,535	12.25	714 S
4.5	9,500	7.875	1,324 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 23, 1985	Dec 13, 1984	—
00	Jan 18, 1985	Dec 6, 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 42-203-31134 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-203-31134 → 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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