TEXAS · WELLS · LIPSCOMB COUNTY · KEMP "A" LEASE · API 42-295-30796 · DISTRICT 08
Kemp A #1
Lipscomb County · Darrouzett (Tonkawa) field · Vertical
Kemp A #1 (API 42-295-30796) is a plugged well in Lipscomb County, plugged August 17, 2007, last operated by Chesapeake Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 28, 1980, permitted to 6,300 ft.
It was permitted by Cotton Petroleum Corp. and has since transferred to Chesapeake Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 5.04K barrels of oil and 37.2K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cotton Petroleum Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Oklahoma City, OK
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 10, 2024
- Permits on file
- 13,061
- Phone
- (405) 935-3100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Chesapeake Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.through Mar 2000 |
| Latest permit | Cotton Petroleum Corp.Mar 28, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 28, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jul 18, 1980
- completed
- 5.04K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 37.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2000
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 18, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 17, 2007
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemp "A" O-14-4613 | Darrouzett (Tonkawa) | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | 1 | 5.04K | 37.2K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2000 |
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.
- 1Maxus Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1995
- 2Midgard Energy CompanyFeb 1995 → Sep 1997
- 3Crescendo Resources, L.P.Oct 1997 → Mar 2000
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76588-99 | Drill | Cotton Petroleum Corp. | Mar 28, 1980 | Mar 28, 1980 | Apr 4, 1980 | 6,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1980 | Kemp A O-14-4613 | Darrouzett (Tonkawa) | Chesapeake Operating Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,182 | 6,199 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 810 | 12.25 | 550 S |
| 2.375 | 6,178 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,300 | 7.875 | 210 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 21, 1980 | — |
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 42-295-30796 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-295-30796 → 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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