WELL · 42-401-30974 · DISTRICT 6
Ray Golden Unit #1
Rusk County · Wildcat field · Vertical
Ray Golden Unit #1 (API 42-401-30974) is a well in Rusk County operated by Tipco, completed December 18, 1980.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 1981, permitted to 11,000 ft.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Goodland, Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Nichols Hill, OK
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 4, 1991
- Permits on file
- 266
- Phone
- (405) 728-5100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Tipco |
| Production reports | Merit Energy Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | TipcoMay 26, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- May 26, 1981
- last permit issued
- Dec 18, 1980
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.14M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 18, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gas Unit G-6-92859 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 1.14M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 6,353 · prior 12 5,817(+9%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Amoco Production CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 2001
- 2BP America Production CompanyJan 2002 → Nov 2019
- 3Merit Energy CompanyDec 2019 → Apr 2026
Permits
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-92859 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 327 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| GoodlandGOODLAND LIME | 3,795 | -3,468 |
| Rodessa | 5,928 | -5,601 |
| Pettit | 6,656 | -6,329 |
| Travis Peak | 6,955 | -6,628 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,685 | -8,358 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 10,380 | -10,053 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,114 | 10,368 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,100 | 12.25 | 1,500 S |
| 2.375 | 9,891 | — | — |
| 2.375 | 9,892 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,568 | 8.75 | 1,190 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 | Sep 21, 1988 | Apr 29, 1988 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 19, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 9, 1981 | — |
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 42-401-30974 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-30974 → 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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