TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · FRANCIS, VELMA LEASE · API 42-365-30969 · DISTRICT 06

Francis Velma #1

Plugged

Panola County · Carthage (T.P. 6400 SW) field  · Vertical

Francis Velma #1 (API 42-365-30969) is a plugged well in Panola County, plugged December 19, 2019, last operated by Chevron U. S. A. Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 3, 1979, permitted to 6,800 ft.

It was permitted by Getty Oil CO. and has since transferred to Chevron U. S. A. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Rodessa, James Lime, Pettit, Travis Peak.

Its lease has reported 9.78K barrels of oil and 14.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Chevron U. S. A. Inc.

Permitted by Getty Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Midland, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jan 30, 2026
Permits on file
9,294
Phone
(866) 212-1212

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleChevron U. S. A. Inc.
Production reportsChevron U. S. A. Inc.through Apr 2000
Latest permitGetty Oil Co.Jul 3, 1979

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

6,800
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jul 3, 1979
last permit issued
Mar 27, 2002
completed
9.78K
cumulative oil, bbl
14.4K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2000

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 27, 2002
Shut in
—
Plugged
Dec 19, 2019

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Francis, Velma O-6-10216Carthage (T.P. 6400 SW)Chevron U. S. A. Inc.19.78K14.4KJan 1993 – Apr 2000

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. 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 2000

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
53070-99DrillGetty Oil Co.Jul 3, 1979Jul 3, 1979Jul 9, 19796,800

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Mar 27, 2002Francis Velma O-6-10216Carthage (T.P. 6400 SW)Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 349 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rodessa5,053-4,704
James LimeJAMES5,541-5,192
Pettit5,800-5,451
Travis Peak6,143-5,794

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
6,5186,525Perforated
6,5406,608Perforated
6,6006,645Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62591612.25600 S
2.3756,609——
5.56,8047.875625 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 31, 2002Apr 19, 2002—
00Jan 12, 1984Feb 8, 1980—

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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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