WELL · 42-325-00181 · DISTRICT 1
Montez-Dryden #9
Medina County · Chicon Lake field · Vertical
Montez-Dryden #9 (API 42-325-00181) is a plugged well in Medina County, plugged August 8, 1986, last operated by Rlu Oil & Gas Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1977 and 1978, permitted to 450 ft.
It was permitted by Compressor Systems Of Tulsa and has since transferred to Rlu Oil & Gas Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 9.64K barrels of oil and 309 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Compressor Systems of Tulsa; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Devine, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 42
- Phone
- (615) 521-9004
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Rlu Oil & Gas Inc. |
| Production reports | Rlu Oil & Gas, Inc.through Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Compressor Systems of TulsaJan 17, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 450
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 17, 1978
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 9.64K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 309
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 8, 1986
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montez-Dryden O-1-5644 | Chicon Lake | Rlu Oil & Gas, Inc. | 5 | 9.64K | 309 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 27 · prior 12 134(-80%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Rlu Oil & Gas, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 2026
- 2Rlu Operating, LLCJan 2009 → Oct 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17223-99 | Other | Compressor Systems of Tulsa | Jan 17, 1978 | Jan 17, 1978 | — | 450 |
| 14039-99 | Other | Compressor Systems of Tulsa | Dec 14, 1977 | Dec 14, 1977 | — | 450 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-5644 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| — | 445 | Perforated |
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 | Jan 12, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-325-00181 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-325-00181 → 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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