WELL · 42-227-32444 · DISTRICT 8

Choate #1

Plugged

Howard County · Moss Lake (Cisco) field · Vertical

Choate #1 (API 42-227-32444) is a plugged well in Howard County, plugged March 11, 1999, last operated by K.W.A. Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 20, 1981, permitted to 9,700 ft.

It was permitted by Ped Oil Corporation and has since transferred to K.W.A. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 4.18K barrels of oil and 34.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 1999.

Operator of record

K.W.A. Inc.

Permitted by Ped Oil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 1 permits on file · (432) 349-7210

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	K.W.A. Inc.
Production reports	K.W.A., Inc.through Sep 1996
Latest permit	Ped Oil CorporationMay 20, 1981

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

9,700: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
May 20, 1981: last permit issued
Jul 17, 1981: completed
4.18K: cumulative oil, bbl
34.4K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jul 17, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 11, 1999

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
Choate O-10-26936	Moss Lake (Cisco)	K.W.A., Inc.	1	4.18K	34.4K	Jan 1993 – Mar 1999

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.

1K.W.A., Inc.Jan 1993 → Aug 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
118754-99	Drill	Ped Oil Corporation	May 20, 1981	May 20, 1981	May 5, 1981	9,700

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-26936	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
7,519	7,981	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
12.75	304	17.5	225 S
8.625	3,696	11	300 S
2.375	7,900	—	—
5.5	9,474	7.875	1,100 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	Nov 13, 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 42-227-32444 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-227-32444 → 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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