TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · CARTHAGE GAS UNIT NO. 18 LEASE · API 42-365-31966 · DISTRICT 06
Carthage Gas Unit No. 18 #2
Panola County · Carthage (Cotton Valley) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Carthage Gas Unit NO. 18 #2 (API 42-365-31966) is a well in Panola County operated by Mmgl East Texas Iii LLC, completed November 13, 1992 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2018.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 25, 1988, permitted to 9,700 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Mmgl East Texas Iii LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley.
Its lease has reported 8.61K barrels of oil and 983K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 3, 2025
- Phone
- (972) 701-8377
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Mmgl East Texas III LLC |
| Production reports | Mmgl East Texas III, LLCthrough Nov 2018 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyOct 25, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 25, 1988
- last permit issued
- Nov 13, 1992
- completed
- 8.61K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 983K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH NOV 2018
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 13, 1992
- Shut in
- Dec 1, 2018
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Delinquent (D)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carthage Gas Unit No. 18 G-6-130072 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | Mmgl East Texas III, LLC | 1 | 8.61K | 983K | by Jan 1993 – Nov 2018 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Carthage Gas Unit No. 18
Mmgl East Texas III LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Panola County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Mmgl East Texas III, LLC | Nov 1, 2024 | today |
| BPX Operating Company | Mar 1, 2022 | Nov 1, 2024 |
| BP America Production Company | Jan 1, 2002 | Mar 1, 2022 |
| Amoco Production Company | Mar 17, 1989 | Jan 1, 2002 |
Reporting production
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Nov 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 352546-99 | Drill | Amoco Production Company | Oct 21, 1988 | Oct 25, 1988 | — | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 13, 1992 | Carthage Gas Unit No. 18 G-6-130072 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | Mmgl East Texas III LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 2018 | 9,700 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 211 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rodessa | 4,920 | -4,709 |
| Pettit | 5,700 | -5,489 |
| Travis Peak | 6,050 | -5,839 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,100 | -7,889 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,476 | 8,484 | Perforated |
| 8,500 | 8,508 | Perforated |
| 8,514 | 8,529 | Perforated |
| 8,532 | 8,542 | Perforated |
| 9,460 | 9,520 | Perforated |
| 9,530 | 9,540 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 80 | 26 | 300 S |
| 8.625 | 1,805 | 11 | 625 S |
| 5.5 | 9,700 | 7.875 | 1,000 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 28, 1992 | Nov 23, 1992 | — |
| 00 | Mar 23, 1989 | Jan 27, 1989 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 18, 1989 | — | — |
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 42-365-31966 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-31966 → 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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