WELL · 42-253-32051 · DISTRICT 7

Lou, M. C. #4

Plugged

Lou, M. C. #4 (API 42-253-32051) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged December 5, 1981, last operated by Pardue Oil.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 2000, permitted to 5,435 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Noodle Creek Lime.

Its lease has reported 91.4K barrels of oil and 141 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Pardue Oil

Based in: Breckenridge, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Aug 10, 2005
Permits on file: 38
Phone: (254) 559-2577

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Sojourner Drilling Corporationthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Pardue OilOct 30, 2000

5,435: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Oct 30, 2000: last permit issued
—: completed
91.4K: cumulative oil, bbl
141: 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: Dec 5, 1981

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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Lou, M. C. O-8-2325	Jones County Regular	Sojourner Drilling Corporation	3	91.4K	141	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 1,039 · prior 12 1,531(-32%)

Chain of custody

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

1Pardue OilJan 1993 → Sep 2006
2Pardue Oil, Inc.Oct 2006 → Nov 2020
3Sojourner Drilling CorporationDec 2020 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
501138-99	Reenter	Pardue Oil	Oct 23, 2000	Oct 30, 2000	Nov 14, 2000	2,800
138135-99	Drill	Sojourner Drlg. Corp.	Oct 27, 1981	Oct 27, 1981	—	5,435

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-8-2325	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,885 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Noodle Creek Lime	2,502	-617

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,502	2,512	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	174	12.5	—
5.5	2,643	7.875	400 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 8, 2001	Jun 11, 2001	Yes
00	Jul 3, 2001	—	—

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 42-253-32051 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-253-32051 → 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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