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WELL · 42-365-30804 · DISTRICT 6

Lawson-Morgan Gas Unit #1

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Panola County · Bethany (Travis Peak) field  · Vertical

Lawson-Morgan Gas Unit #1 (API 42-365-30804) is a well in Panola County operated by Sonat Exploration Company-Mcr, completed September 13, 1984.

The RRC has issued 4 drilling permits (amended twice) between 1978 and 2000, permitted to 10,500 ft.

It was permitted by Winchester Production Company and has since transferred to Sonat Exploration Company-Mcr on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Duck Creek, Paluxy, Tma, Page.

No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.

Operator of record

Sonat Exploration Company-MCR

Permitted by Winchester Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 New, filed Apr 23, 1990 · 176 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSonat Exploration Company-MCR
Production reportsRFE Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitWinchester Production CompanyOct 16, 2000

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

10,500
total depth, ft
6
permits on file
Oct 16, 2000
last permit issued
Sep 13, 1984
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.33M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 13, 1984
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Lawson-Morgan G-6-180956Bethany (Pettit 6170)RFE Operating, LLC101.25MDec 2000 – Jul 2026
Lawson-Morgan Gas Unit G-6-136989Bethany (Cotton Valley)Winchester Production Company1075.6KJan 1993 – Nov 2000
— G-6-113462——000—

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 28,788 · prior 12 22,226(+30%)

02K4K6K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJan 1993 → Apr 1995
  2. 2Winchester Production CompanyDec 2000 → Apr 2007
  3. 3Winchester Production Co., Ltd.May 2007 → Jun 2008
  4. 4Exco Production Company, LPJul 2008 → Dec 2009
  5. 5Exco Operating Company, LPJan 2010 → Jan 2013
  6. 6Exco/Hgi JV Assets, LLCFeb 2013 → Jun 2014
  7. 7Compass Energy Operating, LLCJul 2014 → Nov 2015
  8. 8Indigo Resources LLCDec 2015 → Jul 2018
  9. 9CRD Operating, LLCAug 2018 → Oct 2019
  10. 10Slant Operating, LLCJul 2022 → Sep 2022
  11. 11RFE Operating, LLCOct 2022 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
500773-97RecompletionWinchester Production CompanyJan 26, 2001Oct 16, 2000Oct 19, 20007,500
500773-98RecompletionWinchester Production CompanyDec 27, 2000Oct 16, 2000—6,400
500773-99RecompletionWinchester Production CompanyOct 13, 2000Oct 16, 2000—6,400
378172-99RecompletionSonat Exploration Company-MCRSep 19, 1990Sep 19, 1990—9,875
248174-99RecompletionBrown, Maurice L. Company, TheAug 13, 1984Aug 13, 1984—6,500
30712-99DrillPowell, GeneAug 16, 1978Aug 16, 1978Jan 28, 197910,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-6-113462————
—— G-6-136989————
—— G-6-180956————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 305 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Duck Creek2,611-2,306
PaluxyTOP PALUXY3,095-2,790
Tma4,884-4,579
Page6,172-5,867
Travis Peak6,265-5,960
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY "B"8,446-8,141
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY B8,446-8,141
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY B LIME8,446-8,141
Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY 'B' LM8,446-8,141

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,1146,130Perforated
6,1546,168Perforated
6,3556,371Perforated
7,6587,680Perforated
7,9147,918Perforated
7,9247,928Perforated
9,7469,750Perforated
9,7639,767Perforated
9,7889,792Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6252,37012.251,100 S
8.6252,370——
5.59,8037.8751,050 S
5.59,8757.8751,050 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
00May 2, 2001Jan 4, 2001Yes
00Mar 5, 2001——
00Jun 14, 1995Apr 27, 1995—
00May 2, 1991Oct 11, 1990Yes
00Feb 27, 1991——
00Nov 29, 1984Oct 2, 1984—
00Nov 20, 1984Sep 19, 1984—
00Mar 6, 1984Dec 30, 1983—
00Feb 25, 1984Dec 30, 1983—

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.

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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