WELL · 42-339-30944 · DISTRICT 3
Lake Creek Unit #78
Montgomery County · Lake Creek (Wilcox Consolidated) field · Vertical
Lake Creek Unit #78 (API 42-339-30944) is a well in Montgomery County operated by Mitchell Energy Corporation, completed May 27, 1998.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1997 and 1999, permitted to 10,700 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Chase, Wilcox.
Its 2 leases have reported 2.52M barrels of oil and 6.02M mcf of gas since November 1995, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 47 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 18, 2000
- Permits on file
- 4,224
- Phone
- (713) 377-5818
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Mitchell Energy Corporation |
| Production reports | Daylight Petroleum LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mitchell Energy CorporationSep 2, 1999 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,700
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Sep 2, 1999
- last permit issued
- May 27, 1998
- completed
- 2.52M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 6.02M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1995 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 27, 1998
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 47 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Creek Unit O-3-22828 | Lake Creek (Chase) | Daylight Petroleum LLC | 46 | 2.52M | 6.02M | Nov 1995 – Jul 2026 |
| Lake Creek Unit G-3-169906 | Lake Creek (Wilcox Consolidated) | Mitchell Energy Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | May 1998 – Sep 1999 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 53,860 · prior 12 58,846(-8%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 214,811 · prior 12 222,703(-4%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mitchell Energy CorporationNov 1995 → Dec 2000
- 2Mitchell Energy Company L.P.Jan 2001 → Mar 2002
- 3Devon Energy Operating Co., L.P.Apr 2002 → Jul 2004
- 4Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Aug 2004 → Jul 2014
- 5Linn Operating, Inc.Aug 2014 → Apr 2017
- 6Linn Operating, LLCMay 2017 → Sep 2017
- 7Sydri Operating, LLCOct 2017 → Jan 2021
- 8Daylight Petroleum LLCFeb 2021 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 487168-99 | Recompletion | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Sep 1, 1999 | Sep 2, 1999 | Sep 2, 1999 | 9,720 |
| 470802-99 | Drill | Mitchell Energy Corporation | Dec 4, 1997 | Dec 4, 1997 | Dec 30, 1997 | 10,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-169906 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-22828 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 22 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,869 | 8,990 | Perforated |
| 9,760 | 9,780 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,410 | 12.25 | 282 S |
| 5.5 | 10,615 | 8.5 | 615 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 | Dec 21, 1999 | Nov 18, 1999 | — |
| 00 | Nov 29, 1999 | — | — |
| 00 | Oct 8, 1998 | Sep 16, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 25, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-339-30944 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-339-30944 → 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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