WELL · 42-361-30505 · DISTRICT 3

Stark Nelda C. #1

Plugged

Orange County · Wildcat field · Vertical

Stark Nelda C. #1 (API 42-361-30505) is a plugged well in Orange County, plugged December 17, 2001, last operated by Ridgeling Well Salvage.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 20, 1984, permitted to 12,500 ft.

It was permitted by American Operating Company and has since transferred to Ridgeling Well Salvage on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio, Top Lower Hackberry.

Operator of record

Ridgeling Well Salvage

Permitted by American Operating Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Giddings, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Ridgeling Well Salvage
Production reports	none
Latest permit	American Operating CompanyJun 20, 1984

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
1: permits on file
Jun 20, 1984: last permit issued
Nov 17, 1984: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Nov 17, 1984
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 17, 2001

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
Stark, Nelda C. O-3-19984	Wildcat	Ridgeling Well Salvage	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
242684-99	Drill	American Operating Company	Jun 20, 1984	Jun 20, 1984	Jul 18, 1984	12,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-19984	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

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

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)BASE MIOCENE	7,235	-7,234
FrioTOP FRIO	8,450	-8,449
Top Lower Hackberry	10,080	-10,079

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	2,512	14.75	1,536 S
7.625	9,726	9.875	310 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 10, 1988	Sep 21, 1987	Yes
00	Mar 1, 1988	—	—

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 42-361-30505 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-361-30505 → 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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