TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · MAY, VIRGINIA LEASE · API 42-365-31841 · DISTRICT 06
May Virginia #1
Panola County · Deberry (Travis Peak 6686) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Midyett (Cotton Valley Lower) · Midyett (Cotton Valley Upper) · Midyett, N.e.(cotton Valley, L.)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
May Virginia #1 (API 42-365-31841) is a plugged well in Panola County, plugged December 17, 1993, last operated by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 10, 1987, permitted to 10,000 ft.
It was permitted by S M K Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 8 formation tops, including Goodland, Glen Rose, Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa.
Its lease has reported 223 mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler
Permitted by S M K Energy Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 29, 1992
- Permits on file
- 655
- Phone
- (903) 561-3360
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler |
| Production reports | Sonat Exploration Company -Tylerthrough Mar 1993 |
| Latest permit | S M K Energy CorporationFeb 10, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 10, 1987
- last permit issued
- Sep 16, 1988
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 223
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1993
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 16, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 17, 1993
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May, Virginia G-6-125215 | Deberry (Travis Peak 6686) | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | 1 | 0 | 223 | Jan 1993 – Mar 1993 |
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 -TylerJan 1993 → Mar 1993
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 326413-99 | Drill | S M K Energy Corporation | Feb 10, 1987 | Feb 10, 1987 | Mar 12, 1987 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 1988 | May Virginia G-6-125215 | Deberry (Travis Peak 6686) | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 341 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| GoodlandTOP GOODLAND LIME | 2,563 | -2,222 |
| Glen Rose | 3,040 | -2,699 |
| Glen RoseTOP UPPER GLENROSE | 3,310 | -2,969 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)TOP MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 4,800 | -4,459 |
| Rodessa | 4,885 | -4,544 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)BASE MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 5,050 | -4,709 |
| RodessaTOP RODESSA | 5,060 | -4,719 |
| James LimeJAMES | 5,325 | -4,984 |
| James LimeTOP JAMES LIME | 5,552 | -5,211 |
| Pettit | 5,625 | -5,284 |
| PettitTOP PETTIT | 5,840 | -5,499 |
| Travis Peak | 5,985 | -5,644 |
| Travis PeakTOP TRAVIS PEAK | 6,158 | -5,817 |
| Base CV "B" Lime | 8,375 | -8,034 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,250 | 6,256 | Perforated |
| 6,256 | 6,266 | Perforated |
| 6,686 | 6,696 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 510 | 12.25 | 275 S |
| 9.625 | 2,460 | 12.25 | 762 S |
| 4.5 | 6,585 | 7.875 | 770 S |
| 5.5 | 9,704 | 7.875 | 2,140 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 13, 1988 | Nov 8, 1988 | — |
| 00 | Dec 16, 1987 | Nov 18, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Oct 22, 1987 | Aug 26, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 6, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-365-31841 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-31841 → 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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