WELL · 42-297-30973 · DISTRICT 2
Herring #1
Live Oak County · Clayton (Wilcox 7720) field · Vertical
Herring #1 (API 42-297-30973) is a plugged well in Live Oak County, plugged September 16, 2002, last operated by Torch Operating Company.
The RRC has issued 4 drilling permits between 1977 and 1994, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Teton Petroleum Corporation and has since transferred to Torch Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Massive, Wilcox.
Its 6 leases have reported 8.22K barrels of oil and 133K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2008. The leases carry 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Teton Petroleum Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 5, 2001 · 234 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Torch Operating Company |
| Production reports | Teton Petroleum Corporationthrough Oct 1999 |
| Latest permit | Teton Petroleum CorporationNov 3, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Nov 3, 1994
- last permit issued
- Feb 1, 1993
- completed
- 8.22K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 133K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 1, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 16, 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 6 leases this well is completed on; they carry 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herring O-2-5509 | Clayton (Wilcox 7250) | Torch Energy Services, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
| Herring O-2-8030 | Clayton (Wilcox 7250) | Teton Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 7.09K | 126K | Dec 1994 – Aug 2003 |
| Herring O-2-7857 | Clayton (Wilcox 7720) | Torch Operating Company | 1 | 1.12K | 6.95K | Feb 1993 – Mar 1995 |
| Herring O-2-7994 | Clayton (Slick 6500) | Teton Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | Aug 1994 – Jan 1995 |
| Herring G-2-73377 | Clayton (Massive) | Torch Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Sep 1994 |
| Herring G-2-134989 | Clayton (Wilcox 7720) | Torch Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 301 | Jan 1993 – Jun 1993 |
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.
- 1Torch Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 1994
- 2Teton Petroleum CorporationDec 1994 → Jan 1999
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 429633-99 | Recompletion | Teton Petroleum Corporation | Nov 2, 1994 | Nov 3, 1994 | Nov 7, 1994 | 8,500 |
| 427781-99 | Recompletion | Torch Operating Company | Sep 6, 1994 | Sep 6, 1994 | Sep 12, 1994 | 8,500 |
| 372133-99 | Recompletion | Kilroy Company of Texas, Inc. | Apr 12, 1990 | Apr 13, 1990 | — | 8,500 |
| 4972-99 | Drill | Kilroy Company of Texas, Inc. | Aug 9, 1977 | Aug 9, 1977 | — | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-2-73377 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-2-134989 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-5509 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-7857 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-7994 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-8030 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 309 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,487 | 6,495 | Perforated |
| 6,990 | 6,996 | Perforated |
| 7,754 | 7,770 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,320 | 14 | 580 S |
| 5.5 | 8,500 | 10 | 775 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 | Mar 17, 1995 | Jan 17, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 23, 1995 | — | — |
| 00 | Nov 8, 1994 | Oct 6, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 12, 1994 | Aug 8, 1977 | — |
| 00 | May 25, 1993 | Mar 8, 1993 | — |
| 00 | Mar 12, 1993 | — | — |
| 00 | Aug 3, 1990 | May 7, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 29, 1990 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 8, 1977 | — |
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 42-297-30973 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-297-30973 → 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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