WELL · 42-301-30978 · DISTRICT 8
Loving -AD- Fee #4
Loving County · Jeanita (Cherry Canyon) field · Vertical
Loving -AD- Fee #4 (API 42-301-30978) is a plugged well in Loving County, plugged August 4, 2017, last operated by Wpx Energy Permian LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 15, 1991, permitted to 4,800 ft.
It was permitted by Well-AB Of Texas and has since transferred to Wpx Energy Permian LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Delaware, Cherry Canyon.
Its lease has reported 23.8K barrels of oil and 25.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2022. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Well-AB of Texas; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Oklahoma City, OK
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 22, 2025
- Permits on file
- 956
- Phone
- (405) 235-3611
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | WPX Energy Permian LLC |
| Production reports | RKI Exploration & Production LLCthrough Nov 2014 |
| Latest permit | Well-AB of TexasJul 15, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 15, 1991
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 23.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 25.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 4, 2017
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; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loving -AD- Fee O-10-18191 | Jeanita (Cherry Canyon) | WPX Energy Permian, LLC | 3 | 23.8K | 25.6K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2022 |
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.
- 1Rover Operating IncJan 1993 → Jun 1996
- 2Gothic Energy CorporationJul 1996 → Aug 1998
- 3Gothic Production CorporationSep 1998 → Dec 1998
- 4Smith & Marrs Inc.Jan 1999 → Aug 2002
- 5BC Operating, Inc.Sep 2002 → Oct 2004
- 6Celero Energy, L.P.Nov 2004 → Sep 2005
- 7Whiting Oil and Gas CorporationOct 2005 → Jul 2006
- 8Chaparral Energy, L.L.C.Aug 2006 → Feb 2014
- 9RKI Exploration & Production LLCMar 2014 → Nov 2014
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 389833-99 | Drill | Well-AB of Texas | Jul 12, 1991 | Jul 15, 1991 | Jul 8, 1991 | 4,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Loving -AD- Fee O-10-18191 | Jeanita (Cherry Canyon) | WPX Energy Permian LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,816 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 3,056 | -240 |
| DelawareDELAWARE LS | 3,056 | -240 |
| DelawareDELAWARE LS. | 3,056 | -240 |
| Cherry Canyon | 3,870 | -1,054 |
| Cherry Canyon | 4,000 | -1,184 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,046 | 4,056 | Perforated |
| 4,456 | 4,464 | Perforated |
| 4,500 | 4,510 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 940 | 12.25 | 525 S |
| 5.5 | 4,673 | 7.875 | 370 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 25, 1992 | Feb 24, 1992 | — |
| 00 | Feb 25, 1992 | Jan 17, 1992 | — |
| 00 | Jan 23, 1992 | Dec 5, 1991 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 16, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-301-30978 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-301-30978 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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