WELL · 42-351-30617 · DISTRICT 6

Champion Int'l. Unit A-492 #1

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Newton County  · Horizontal

Champion Int'L. Unit A-492 #1 (API 42-351-30617) is a permitted horizontal well in Newton County filed by Prize Exploration & Prod, LLC; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1994 and 2023, permitted to 11,750 ft.

Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Wilcox, Midway, Saratoga, Top Of Saratoga.

Its 3 leases have reported 6.43K barrels of oil and 517K mcf of gas since January 1995, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Prize Exploration & Prod, LLC

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 schedulenone
Production reportsPrize Exploration & Prod, LLCthrough Feb 2022
Latest permitPrize Exploration & Prod, LLCOct 6, 2023
11,750
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Oct 6, 2023
last permit issued
—
completed
6.43K
cumulative oil, bbl
517K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1995 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Surface location

31.120854, -93.582614

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Newton County.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Champion Intn'l Unit A-492 G-6-282897Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800)Bonfire Operating LLC102.13KDec 2015 – Jul 2026
Champion Intn'l Unit A-492 O-6-13895Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800)Grit Oil & Gas, LLC26.43K68.6KMar 1999 – Dec 2018
Champion Int'l. Unit A-492 G-6-153335Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800)Swift Energy Company10446KJan 1995 – Jun 1999

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.

  1. 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJan 1995 → Aug 1998
  2. 2Swift Energy CompanySep 1998 → Dec 2005
  3. 3Swift Energy Operating, LLCJan 2006 → Mar 2013
  4. 4Kovar Operating, LLCSep 2013 → Jul 2017
  5. 5Grit Oil & Gas, LLCSep 2017 → Apr 2019
  6. 6RKI Energy Resources, LLCMay 2019 → Jul 2020
  7. 7Prize Exploration & Prod, LLCAug 2020 → Feb 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
894275-99RecompletionPrize Exploration & Prod, LLCOct 3, 2023Oct 6, 2023—11,750
429614-98DrillSonat Exploration Company -TylerFeb 14, 1995Nov 1, 1994—11,750
429614-99DrillSonat Exploration Company -TylerNov 1, 1994Nov 1, 1994Nov 4, 199411,750

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-6-153335————
—— G-6-282897————
—— O-6-13895————
—— O-6-13895————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 153 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxTOP OF WILCOX4,292-4,139
Wilcox4,292-4,139
Midway8,440-8,287
MidwayTOP OF MIDWAY8,440-8,287
Saratoga9,510-9,357
Top of Saratoga9,510-9,357
Blossom10,190-10,037
BlossomTOP OF BLOSSOM10,190-10,037
Taylor10,507-10,354
TaylorTOP OF TAYLOR10,507-10,354
Austin ChalkAUSTIN CHALK 880010,865-10,712
Austin ChalkTOP OF AUSTIN CHALK10,865-10,712

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,86514,543Perforated
10,86514,543Open hole
10,86514,853Perforated
10,86514,853Open hole

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,32413.51,070 S
7.62510,9429.8751,150 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
00Mar 9, 2018Jun 21, 2017—
00Jul 1, 1999Mar 31, 1999—
00May 3, 1999——
00Mar 30, 1995Feb 10, 1995Yes
00Mar 27, 1995——

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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 2 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

Draw a cross-section

This well's tops beside its 2 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Carthage42-351-30931

6.5 KM · Continental Trend Resources, Inc · Section with this well →

Wilcox4,034-3,709
Austin Chalk10,375-10,050
Miocene (undifferentiated)—
Nodosaria - Disposal—
Frio—
Het - Disposal—
Vicksburg—

Champion Int'l. Unit A-116442-351-30596

13.1 KM · Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler · Section with this well →

Wilcox4,860-4,546
Midway9,166-8,852
Saratoga10,303-9,989
Blossom10,935-10,621
Taylor11,277-10,963
Austin Chalk11,614-11,300
Austin Chalk11,614-11,300

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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