WELL · 42-241-30580 · DISTRICT 6
Arco Fee A-246 #1
Jasper County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Horizontal
Arco Fee A-246 #1 (API 42-241-30580) is a plugged horizontal well in Jasper County, plugged January 3, 2024, last operated by Prize Exploration & Prod LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 19, 1994, permitted to 16,000 ft.
It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Prize Exploration & Prod LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Saratoga, Ozan, Taylor, Austin Chalk.
Its 2 leases have reported 28.8K barrels of oil and 541K mcf of gas since October 1994, last reporting in March 2025. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Oklahoma City, OK · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2025 · 5 permits on file · (866) 695-7328
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prize Exploration & Prod LLC |
| Production reports | HK Energy Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2016 |
| Latest permit | Union Pacific Resources CompanyAug 19, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 16,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 19, 1994
- last permit issued
- Oct 22, 1994
- completed
- 28.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 541K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 1994 THROUGH Mar 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 22, 1994
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 3, 2024
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco Fee A-246 G-6-181557 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Prize Exploration & Prod, LLC | 1 | 0 | 101K | Nov 2000 – Mar 2025 |
| Arco Fee A-246 O-6-13379 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Rme Petroleum Company | 1 | 28.8K | 440K | Oct 1994 – Sep 2001 |
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.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyNov 1994 → Oct 2000
- 2Rme Petroleum CompanyNov 2000 → Nov 2002
- 3Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Jul 2007
- 4Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Aug 2007 → Feb 2012
- 5Southern Bay Operating, L.L.C.Mar 2012 → Jun 2013
- 6HK Energy Operating, LLCJul 2013 → Apr 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427192-99 | Drill | Union Pacific Resources Company | Aug 19, 1994 | Aug 19, 1994 | Sep 26, 1994 | 16,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-181557 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-6-13379 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 280 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Saratoga | 8,455 | -8,175 |
| Ozan | 8,890 | -8,610 |
| Taylor | 9,110 | -8,830 |
| Austin Chalk | 9,360 | -9,080 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,462 | 13,322 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,000 | 14.75 | 1,185 S |
| 7.625 | 9,462 | 9.875 | 300 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 | Jun 4, 2001 | Jan 10, 2001 | — |
| 00 | Apr 3, 2001 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 15, 1995 | Jan 3, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | May 9, 1995 | — | — |
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 42-241-30580 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-241-30580 → 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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