WELL · 42-289-31191 · DISTRICT 5
Fossil Dacus #1
Leon County · Hilltop Resort (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Fossil Dacus #1 (API 42-289-31191) is a plugged horizontal well in Leon County, plugged March 17, 2015, last operated by Fossil Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 17, 1993, permitted to 6,500 ft.
It was permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc. and has since transferred to Fossil Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Gober, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 61.3K barrels of oil and 146 mcf of gas since September 1993, last reporting in June 2015.
Operator of record
Permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 29, 2018
- Permits on file
- 92
- Phone
- (972) 681-8047
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Fossil Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Palisades Operating Companythrough Jul 2007 |
| Latest permit | United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Aug 17, 1993 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 17, 1993
- last permit issued
- Sep 16, 1993
- completed
- 61.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 146
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1993 THROUGH Jun 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 16, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 17, 2015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fossil Dacus O-5-3457 | Hilltop Resort (Austin Chalk) | Fossil Operating, Inc. | 1 | 61.3K | 146 | Sep 1993 – Jun 2015 |
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.
- 1United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Sep 1993 → May 1996
- 2American RoyaltyJun 1996 → Oct 2005
- 3Palisades Operating CompanyNov 2005 → Jul 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 415020-99 | Drill | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | Aug 17, 1993 | Aug 17, 1993 | Aug 17, 1993 | 6,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-5-3457 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 400 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Gober | 5,415 | -5,015 |
| Austin Chalk | 5,665 | -5,265 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,900 | 10,228 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 710 | 12.25 | 300 S |
| 5.5 | 5,551 | 7.875 | 510 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 | Dec 8, 1993 | Oct 4, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 1, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-289-31191 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-289-31191 → 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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