TEXAS · WELLS · NEWTON COUNTY · TEMPLE UNIT A-423 LEASE · API 42-351-30658 · DISTRICT 06
Temple Unit A-423 #2
Newton County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Horizontal
Temple Unit A-423 #2 (API 42-351-30658) is a plugged horizontal well in Newton County, plugged January 26, 2000, last operated by Swift Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued July 11, 1996, permitted to 12,500 ft.
It was permitted by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler and has since transferred to Swift Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 52.3K barrels of oil and 231K mcf of gas since September 1996, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 22, 2005
- Permits on file
- 719
- Phone
- (281) 874-2835
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Swift Energy Company |
| Production reports | Swift Energy Companythrough Jan 1998 |
| Latest permit | Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJul 11, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 11, 1996
- last permit issued
- Sep 30, 1996
- completed
- 52.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 231K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1996 THROUGH Jan 1998
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 30, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 26, 2000
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Unit A-423 G-6-160721 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Swift Energy Company | 1 | 52.3K | 231K | Sep 1996 – Jan 1998 |
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 -TylerSep 1996 → Jan 1998
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 450262-98 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Oct 31, 1996 | Jul 11, 1996 | — | 12,500 |
| 450262-99 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Jul 11, 1996 | Jul 11, 1996 | Jul 18, 1996 | 12,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1996 | Temple Unit A-423 G-6-160721 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) | Swift Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 100 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin ChalkTOP AUSTIN CHALK | 11,829 | -11,729 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,850 | 15,638 | Perforated |
| 11,850 | 16,075 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,378 | 13.5 | 1,020 S |
| 7.625 | 11,850 | 9.875 | 910 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 | Dec 9, 1996 | Oct 28, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 5, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-351-30658 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-351-30658 → 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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