WELL · 42-387-30245 · DISTRICT 5
Gill -A- #2
Red River County · Shelton (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical
Gill -A- #2 (API 42-387-30245) is a plugged well in Red River County, plugged November 16, 2017, last operated by Optimal Utilities Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 11, 1980, permitted to 5,600 ft.
It was permitted by Santa FE Energy CO. and has since transferred to Optimal Utilities Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 75 barrels of oil since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Santa FE Energy Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2017 · (832) 287-0806
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Optimal Utilities Inc. |
| Production reports | Optimal Utilities, Inc.through Apr 2008 |
| Latest permit | Santa FE Energy Co.Apr 11, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 11, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jun 14, 1980
- completed
- 75
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 14, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 16, 2017
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gill -A- O-5-2199 | Shelton (Cotton Valley) | Optimal Utilities, Inc. | 1 | 75 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Optimal Utilities, Inc.Nov 2006 → Apr 2008
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78099-99 | Drill | Santa FE Energy Co. | Apr 11, 1980 | Apr 11, 1980 | May 9, 1980 | 5,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-5-2199 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,427 | 5,448 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 266 | 12.25 | 185 S |
| 2.375 | 5,460 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 5,549 | 7.875 | 300 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 20, 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 42-387-30245 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-387-30245 → scanned completion filings
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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