WELL · 42-283-31178 · DISTRICT 1

Ritchie D #1

Plugged

LA Salle County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical

Ritchie D #1 (API 42-283-31178) is a plugged well in La Salle County, plugged August 6, 2002, last operated by Ritchie H. G. JR..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 4, 1985, permitted to 7,500 ft.

It was permitted by Asher Petroleum Corp. and has since transferred to Ritchie H. G. JR. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford.

Operator of record

Ritchie H. G. Jr.

Permitted by Asher Petroleum Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Taft, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 3, 2008 · 1 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Ritchie H. G. Jr.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Asher Petroleum Corp.Nov 4, 1985

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

7,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Nov 4, 1985: last permit issued
Jan 4, 1986: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jan 4, 1986
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 6, 2002

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
Ritchie "D" O-1-11418	Pearsall (Austin Chalk)	Ritchie, H. G. Jr.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Aug 2003

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
289087-99	Drill	Asher Petroleum Corp.	Nov 4, 1985	Nov 4, 1985	—	7,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-11418	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 580 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Austin Chalk	6,715	-6,135
Eagle FordEAGLE FORD SHALE	7,260	-6,680

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,715	7,260	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	1,685	12.25	654 S
5.5	6,700	7.875	616 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	Apr 1, 1986	Mar 6, 1986	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 42-283-31178 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-283-31178 → 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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