WELL · 42-253-34423 · DISTRICT 7

Bachhofer #1

Plugged

Jones County · Jones County Regular field · Vertical

Bachhofer #1 (API 42-253-34423) is a plugged well in Jones County, plugged December 29, 2001, last operated by Polk Petroleum Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 20, 1997, permitted to 4,300 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Top Flippen, Palo Pinto.

Its lease has reported 5.26K barrels of oil and 35 mcf of gas since November 1997, last reporting in February 2002.

Operator of record

Polk Petroleum Inc.

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 61 permits on file · (325) 676-9515

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Polk Petroleum Inc.
Production reports	Polk Petroleum, Inc.through Oct 2000
Latest permit	Polk Petroleum, Inc.Oct 20, 1997

4,300: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Oct 20, 1997: last permit issued
Nov 5, 1997: completed
5.26K: cumulative oil, bbl
35: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1997 THROUGH Feb 2002

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 5, 1997
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 29, 2001

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
Bachhofer O-8-28481	Jones County Regular	Polk Petroleum, Inc.	1	5.26K	35	Nov 1997 – Feb 2002

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.

1Polk Petroleum, Inc.Dec 1997 → Oct 1999

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
468911-97	Drill	Polk Petroleum, Inc.	Jan 29, 1998	Oct 20, 1997	Oct 22, 1997	4,300
468911-99	Drill	Polk Petroleum, Inc.	Oct 16, 1997	Oct 20, 1997	—	4,300

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-8-28481	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,740 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Top Flippen	2,452	-712
Palo PintoTOP PALO PINTO	3,907	-2,167

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,910	3,924	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	181	12.25	140 S
5.5	4,064	7.875	560 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 31, 1998	Dec 10, 1997	Yes
00	Jul 13, 1998	—	—

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 42-253-34423 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-253-34423 → 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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