WELL · 42-351-30569 · DISTRICT 6
Champion International Unit A-20 #1
Newton County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Horizontal
Champion International Unit A-20 #1 (API 42-351-30569) is a plugged horizontal well in Newton County, plugged February 20, 2024, last operated by Prize Exploration & Prod LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued May 20, 1993, permitted to 11,150 ft.
It was permitted by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler and has since transferred to Prize Exploration & Prod LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Wilcox, Midway, Austin Chalk, Cretaceous.
Its 2 leases have reported 27.3K barrels of oil and 1.11M mcf of gas since August 1993, last reporting in October 2025. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Oklahoma City, OK · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2025 · 5 permits on file · (866) 695-7328
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prize Exploration & Prod LLC |
| Production reports | Prize Exploration & Prod, LLCthrough Jan 2022 |
| Latest permit | Sonat Exploration Company -TylerMay 20, 1993 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,150
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- May 20, 1993
- last permit issued
- Aug 28, 1993
- completed
- 27.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.11M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1993 THROUGH Oct 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 28, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 20, 2024
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion International Unit A-20 G-6-148222 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Prize Exploration & Prod, LLC | 1 | 0 | 828K | Dec 1993 – Oct 2025 |
| Champion International Unit A-20 O-6-13229 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Hunt Petroleum Corporation | 1 | 27.3K | 280K | Aug 1993 – Mar 2008 |
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.
- 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerAug 1993 → Aug 1998
- 2Swift Energy CompanySep 1998 → Dec 2005
- 3Swift Energy Operating, LLCJan 2006 → Mar 2013
- 4Kovar Operating, LLCApr 2013 → Jul 2017
- 5Grit Oil & Gas, LLCAug 2017 → Apr 2019
- 6RKI Energy Resources, LLCMay 2019 → Jul 2020
- 7Prize Exploration & Prod, LLCAug 2020 → Jan 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411970-98 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Nov 8, 1993 | May 20, 1993 | — | 11,150 |
| 411970-99 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | May 20, 1993 | May 20, 1993 | May 25, 1993 | 10,875 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-148222 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-6-13229 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 468 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxTOP OF WILCOX | 3,950 | -3,482 |
| Wilcox | 3,950 | -3,482 |
| Midway | 8,072 | -7,604 |
| MidwayTOP OF MIDWAY | 8,072 | -7,604 |
| Austin ChalkAUSTIN CHALK, 8800 | 8,456 | -7,988 |
| Austin ChalkTOP OF AUSTIN CHALK, 8800 | 8,456 | -7,988 |
| Cretaceous | 9,230 | -8,762 |
| Top of Cretaceous | 9,230 | -8,762 |
| Ozan | 9,812 | -9,344 |
| OzanTOP OF OZAN | 9,812 | -9,344 |
| Taylor | 10,154 | -9,686 |
| TaylorTOP OF TAYLOR | 10,154 | -9,686 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,456 | 14,222 | Perforated |
| 8,456 | 15,017 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,300 | 13.5 | 1,570 S |
| 7.625 | 10,462 | 9.875 | 1,075 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 14, 1994 | Jan 18, 1994 | — |
| 00 | Mar 3, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Dec 7, 1993 | Sep 24, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 9, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-351-30569 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-351-30569 → 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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