WELL · 42-297-34783 · DISTRICT 2
Lay #1
Live Oak County · McNeill field · Producing · Vertical
Lay #1 (API 42-297-34783) is a well in Live Oak County operated by Paleo Oil Company LLC, completed June 26, 2008 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 8, 2008, permitted to 4,990 ft.
It was permitted by Choice Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Paleo Oil Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Hockley.
Its lease has reported 13.7K barrels of oil and 51.3K mcf of gas since September 2008, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Choice Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Corpus Christ, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 10, 2025
- Permits on file
- 47
- Phone
- (361) 904-0401
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Paleo Oil Company LLC |
| Production reports | Paleo Oil Company LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Choice Exploration, Inc.May 8, 2008 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,990
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 8, 2008
- last permit issued
- Jun 26, 2008
- completed
- 13.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 51.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2008 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 26, 2008
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lay O-2-9261 | McNeill | Paleo Oil Company LLC | 1 | 13.7K | 51.3K | Sep 2008 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 403 · prior 12 299(+35%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 392(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Choice Exploration, Inc.Sep 2008 → Oct 2012
- 2Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc.Nov 2012 → Jan 2018
- 3Paleo Oil Company LLCApr 2022 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 659896-99 | Drill | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Apr 17, 2008 | May 8, 2008 | Jun 8, 2008 | 4,990 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-9261 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 290 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Hockley | 4,390 | -4,100 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,390 | 4,408 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 705 | 12.25 | 315 S |
| 4.5 | 4,659 | 7.875 | 700 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 | Nov 20, 2008 | Oct 21, 2008 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 3, 2008 | — | — |
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 42-297-34783 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-297-34783 → 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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