WELL · 42-215-31599 · DISTRICT 4

V. Cook et al Gas Unit 1-A #1

Plugged

Hidalgo County · Monte Christo (58 59 Cons.) field · Vertical

V. Cook ET AL Gas Unit 1-A #1 (API 42-215-31599) is a plugged well in Hidalgo County, plugged December 28, 2011, last operated by EP Energy E&P Company L.P..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 4, 1985, permitted to 9,800 ft.

It was permitted by Tana Oil & Gas Corp. and has since transferred to EP Energy E&P Company L.P. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

EP Energy E&P Company L.P.

Permitted by Tana Oil & Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Jan 30, 2024
Permits on file: 1,518
Phone: (713) 997-1000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	EP Energy E&P Company L.P.
Production reports	EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.through Oct 2008
Latest permit	Tana Oil & Gas Corp.Apr 4, 1985

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

9,800: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 4, 1985: last permit issued
May 17, 1985: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
87.7K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2013

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 17, 1985
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 28, 2011

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
V. Cook et al Gas Unit 1-A G-4-117278	Monte Christo (58,59 Cons.)	EP Energy E&P Company, L.P.	1	0	87.7K	Jan 1993 – Jun 2013

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.

1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1994
2EL Paso Production Oil & Gas Co.Nov 2001 → Jul 2006
3EL Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Oct 2008

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
271536-99	Drill	Tana Oil & Gas Corp.	Apr 2, 1985	Apr 4, 1985	Apr 12, 1985	9,800

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-117278	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,878	8,916	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	1,840	12.25	520 S
5.5	8,976	8.75	330 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	Aug 6, 1985	Jul 8, 1985	—
00	Aug 1, 1985	—	—

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 42-215-31599 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-215-31599 → 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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