TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · BRIGGS, H. W. UNIT LEASE · API 42-365-31145 · DISTRICT 06
Briggs H. W. Unit #1
Panola County · Beckville (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Briggs H. W. Unit #1 (API 42-365-31145) is a well in Panola County operated by Craton Operating LLC, completed November 5, 1980 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in February 1, 2025.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 30, 1980, permitted to 10,300 ft.
It was permitted by Delta Drilling CO. and has since transferred to Craton Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 4.81K barrels of oil and 467K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in January 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Delta Drilling Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Bellaire, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 25, 2026
- Permits on file
- 14
- Phone
- (713) 900-3456
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Craton Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Craton Operating LLCthrough Jan 2025 |
| Latest permit | Delta Drilling Co.May 30, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 30, 1980
- last permit issued
- Nov 5, 1980
- completed
- 4.81K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 467K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 5, 1980
- Shut in
- Feb 1, 2025
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggs, H. W. Unit G-6-90569 | Beckville (Cotton Valley) | Craton Operating LLC | 1 | 4.81K | 467K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2025 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 4,285(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Fredonia Resources Inc.Jan 1993 → May 2000
- 2Essex Energy of Texas Inc.Jun 2000 → Jan 2003
- 3Waterman Oil & Gas, Inc.Feb 2003 → Jul 2005
- 4Dorado Operating Inc.Dec 2005 → May 2007
- 5NFR Energy, LLCMay 2009 → Jan 2013
- 6Sabine Oil & Gas LLCFeb 2013 → Mar 2015
- 7Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationApr 2015 → Feb 2022
- 8Craton Operating LLCMar 2022 → Jan 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82539-99 | Drill | Delta Drilling Co. | May 30, 1980 | May 30, 1980 | Jun 27, 1980 | 10,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 1980 | Briggs H. W. Unit G-6-90569 | Beckville (Cotton Valley) | Craton Operating LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Feb 1, 2025 | 10,300 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,538 | 10,059 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 60 | 17 | — |
| 8.625 | 2,110 | 11 | 530 S |
| 2.875 | 10,070 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,300 | 7.875 | 1,463 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 12, 1984 | Nov 17, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-365-31145 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-31145 → 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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