WELL · 42-321-31375 · DISTRICT 3

First Natl. Bank of Bay City #1

Plugged

Matagorda County · Blessing N.E. (F-18) field  · Vertical

First Natl. Bank Of Bay City #1 (API 42-321-31375) is a plugged well in Matagorda County, plugged February 11, 1989, last operated by Frio Exploration Company.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1984 and 1988, permitted to 10,000 ft.

It was permitted by Ashford Oil & Gas Company and has since transferred to Frio Exploration Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio.

Operator of record

Frio Exploration Company

Permitted by Ashford Oil & Gas Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Pearland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 2, 2022 · 78 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleFrio Exploration Company
Production reportsnone
Latest permitAshford Oil & Gas CompanyJul 21, 1988

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

10,000
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Jul 21, 1988
last permit issued
Jun 13, 1984
completed
—
cumulative oil, bbl
—
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 13, 1984
Shut in
—
Plugged
Feb 11, 1989

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.

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
348162-99RecompletionAshford Oil & Gas CompanyJun 24, 1988Jul 21, 1988—9,500
292558-99RecompletionFrio Exploration CompanyDec 6, 1985Dec 12, 1985—9,500
235875-99DrillFrio Exploration CompanyApr 12, 1984Apr 13, 1984—10,000

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 36 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE5,900-5,864
Miocene (undifferentiated)TOP MIOCENE5,900-5,864
Frio7,000-6,964
FrioTOP FRIO7,000-6,964
FrioMIDDLE FRIO8,800-8,764

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,2048,407Perforated
8,4588,461Perforated
8,4598,462Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,30013.5660 S
5.59,4848.75700 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Sep 14, 1988Aug 26, 1988Yes
00Sep 7, 1988——
00Sep 16, 1987Nov 14, 1985Yes
00Aug 22, 1987——
00Oct 15, 1984Sep 14, 1984—
00Oct 5, 1984Jun 14, 1984—

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.

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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