WELL · 42-351-00017 · DISTRICT 3
Quicksand Creek Field Unit #18
Newton County · Quicksand Creek (Wilcox 10 100) field · Vertical
Quicksand Creek Field Unit #18 (API 42-351-00017) is a plugged well in Newton County, plugged August 30, 1972, last operated by Atlantic Richfield CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 25, 1997, permitted to 11,000 ft.
It was permitted by Axis Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Atlantic Richfield CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 8.87K barrels of oil and 3.26K mcf of gas since July 1997, last reporting in August 2012.
Operator of record
Permitted by Axis Energy Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 8, 1993 · 627 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Atlantic Richfield Co. |
| Production reports | Phoenix Oil & Gas Ltd., L.L.P.through May 2001 |
| Latest permit | Axis Energy CorporationJul 25, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 25, 1997
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 8.87K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 3.26K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1997 THROUGH Aug 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 30, 1972
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quicksand Creek 18 O-3-23272 | Quicksand Creek (Wilcox) | P.O.S. Energy, Inc. | 1 | 8.87K | 3.26K | Jul 1997 – Aug 2012 |
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.
- 1Axis Energy CorporationJul 1997 → Aug 1999
- 2Phoenix Oil & Gas Ltd., L.L.P.Sep 1999 → Jan 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 463483-99 | Reenter | Axis Energy Corporation | Jun 6, 1997 | Jul 25, 1997 | May 30, 1997 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-23272 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,130 | 10,136 | Perforated |
| — | 10,132 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 87 | — | — |
| 10.75 | 3,785 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 10,974 | — | — |
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 | Sep 2, 1997 | Jul 31, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 5, 1997 | — | — |
| 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 42-351-00017 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-351-00017 → 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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