TEXAS · WELLS · JONES COUNTY · CATON LEASE · API 42-253-33489 · DISTRICT 6E
Caton #1
Jones County · Jones County Regular field · Vertical
Caton #1 (API 42-253-33489) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged May 9, 1996, last operated by Smith Pipe Of Abilene.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 23, 1986, permitted to 4,000 ft.
It was permitted by Vestex Oil & Gas Inc. and has since transferred to Smith Pipe Of Abilene on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Palo Pinto.
Its lease has reported 28 barrels of oil and 27 mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Vestex Oil & Gas Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 29, 2014
- Phone
- (325) 692-3903
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Smith Pipe of Abilene |
| Production reports | Smith Pipe of Abilenethrough Oct 1997 |
| Latest permit | Vestex Oil & Gas Inc.Jul 23, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 23, 1986
- last permit issued
- Jul 30, 1986
- completed
- 28
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 27
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1994 THROUGH Oct 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 30, 1986
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 9, 1996
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caton O-8-24398 | Jones County Regular | Smith Pipe of Abilene | 1 | 28 | 27 | Jan 1993 – Oct 1997 |
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.
- 1Sharp Image Energy, Inc.Oct 1994 → Oct 1994
- 2Smith Pipe of AbileneAug 1997 → Aug 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304492-99 | Drill | Vestex Oil & Gas Inc. | Jul 23, 1986 | Jul 23, 1986 | — | 4,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1986 | Caton O-8-24398 | Jones County Regular | Smith Pipe of Abilene | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,565 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Pinto | 3,373 | -1,808 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,389 | 3,410 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 116 | 12.25 | 75 S |
| 4.5 | 3,470 | 7.875 | 50 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jul 15, 1987 | Jun 19, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 6, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-253-33489 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-253-33489 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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