WELL · 42-401-30998 · DISTRICT 6

Thompson John #2

Plugged

Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Thompson John #2 (API 42-401-30998) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged February 15, 2023, last operated by Verado Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 8, 1980, permitted to 10,800 ft.

It was permitted by Gulf Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Verado Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Verado Energy Inc.

Permitted by Gulf Oil Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Allen, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Jan 30, 2025
Permits on file: 193
Phone: (214) 368-5322

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Verado Energy Inc.
Production reports	Verado Energy, Inc.through Oct 2022
Latest permit	Gulf Oil Corp.Sep 8, 1980

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

10,800: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Sep 8, 1980: last permit issued
Jun 26, 1980: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
2.24M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jun 26, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Feb 15, 2023

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
Thompson, John G-6-96863	Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)	Verado Energy, Inc.	1	0	2.24M	Jan 1993 – May 2023

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.

1Howell & Sandlin, Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 2000
2Verado Energy, Inc.Oct 2000 → Oct 2022

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
92964-99	Drill	Gulf Oil Corp.	Sep 8, 1980	Sep 8, 1980	Dec 12, 1980	10,800

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-96863	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,160	10,047	Perforated
10,330	10,544	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	129	17.5	160 S
9.625	3,256	12.25	1,320 S
2.375	10,174	—	—
5.5	10,669	8.75	720 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	May 15, 2001	Mar 8, 2001	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Dec 30, 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 42-401-30998 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-401-30998 → 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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