TEXAS · WELLS · NEWTON COUNTY · BLACKSTONE MINERALS UNIT A-956 LEASE · API 42-351-30640 · DISTRICT 06
Blackstone Minerals Unit A-956 #1
Newton County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Horizontal
Blackstone Minerals Unit A-956 #1 (API 42-351-30640) is a plugged horizontal well in Newton County, plugged March 4, 2011, last operated by Enervest Operating L.L.C..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 17, 1995, permitted to 13,850 ft.
It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Enervest Operating L.L.C. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 43K barrels of oil and 847K mcf of gas since July 1996, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 13, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,249
- Phone
- (713) 659-3500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Enervest Operating L.L.C. |
| Production reports | Enervest Operating, L.L.C.through Jul 2007 |
| Latest permit | Union Pacific Resources CompanyOct 17, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,850
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Oct 17, 1995
- last permit issued
- Jul 7, 1996
- completed
- 43K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 847K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1996 THROUGH Jul 2007
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 7, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 4, 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstone Minerals Unit A-956 G-6-160926 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Enervest Operating, L.L.C. | 1 | 43K | 847K | Jul 1996 – Jul 2007 |
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.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyAug 1996 → Jan 2001
- 2Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
- 3Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Jul 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 440805-98 | Drill | Union Pacific Resources Company | Sep 17, 1996 | Oct 17, 1995 | — | 12,946 |
| 440805-99 | Drill | Union Pacific Resources Company | Oct 12, 1995 | Oct 17, 1995 | May 19, 1996 | 13,850 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1996 | Blackstone Minerals Unit A-956 G-6-160926 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) | Enervest Operating L.L.C. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 316 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 12,236 | -11,920 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12,303 | 17,100 | Perforated |
| 12,375 | 16,385 | Perforated |
| 14,764 | 17,275 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 3,025 | 14.75 | 1,406 S |
| 7.625 | 12,303 | 9.875 | 881 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 8, 1997 | Sep 17, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 3, 1997 | — | — |
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 42-351-30640 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-351-30640 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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