WELL · 42-253-34142 · DISTRICT 7

Aspen-Newman #1

Plugged

Jones County · Aspen-Seaman (Hope Lower) field · Vertical

Aspen-Newman #1 (API 42-253-34142) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged July 20, 1996, last operated by Aspen Exploration Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 4, 1994, permitted to 3,050 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Flippen, Hope Upper, Hope Lower.

Its lease has reported 15.1K barrels of oil since April 1994, last reporting in October 1996. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Aspen Exploration Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2012 · 34 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Aspen Exploration Inc.
Production reports	Aspen Exploration, Inc.through Jan 1995
Latest permit	Aspen Exploration, Inc.Apr 4, 1994

3,050: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 4, 1994: last permit issued
Apr 13, 1994: completed
15.1K: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 1994 THROUGH Oct 1996

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Apr 13, 1994
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jul 20, 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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Aspen-Newman O-8-27146	Aspen-Seaman (Hope, Lower)	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	4	15.1K	0	Apr 1994 – Oct 1996

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.

1Aspen Exploration, Inc.Apr 1994 → Jan 1995

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
422685-99	Drill	Aspen Exploration, Inc.	Apr 4, 1994	Apr 4, 1994	Apr 6, 1994	3,050

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-8-27146	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,820 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Flippen	2,585	-765
Hope Upper	2,745	-925
Hope Lower	2,839	-1,019

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,841	2,846	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	151	12.25	120 S
5.5	3,003	7.875	270 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	Jul 11, 1994	Jun 29, 1994	—
00	May 10, 1994	—	Yes

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 42-253-34142 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-253-34142 → 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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