WELL · 42-401-31326 · DISTRICT 6
Kangerga -a- Gas Unit #1
Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical
Kangerga -A- Gas Unit #1 (API 42-401-31326) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged July 23, 1996, last operated by Castle Production Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 30, 1981, permitted to 10,780 ft.
It was permitted by Henderson Clay Products, Inc. and has since transferred to Castle Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Glen Rose, Massive Anhydrite (marker), Pettit, Travis Peak.
Operator of record
Permitted by Henderson Clay Products, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Henderson, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 3, 1999 · 17 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Castle Production Company |
| Production reports | Castle Production Companythrough Jul 1996 |
| Latest permit | Henderson Clay Products, Inc.Oct 30, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,780
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 30, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jan 4, 1982
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 44.1K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 4, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 23, 1996
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kangerga -a- Gas Unit G-6-97657 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | Castle Production Company | 1 | 0 | 44.1K | Jan 1993 – May 1997 |
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.
- 1Castle Production CompanyJan 1993 → Jul 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139050-99 | Drill | Henderson Clay Products, Inc. | Oct 30, 1981 | Oct 30, 1981 | — | 10,780 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-97657 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 372 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Glen Rose | 4,713 | -4,341 |
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 6,236 | -5,864 |
| Pettit | 7,244 | -6,872 |
| Travis Peak | 7,415 | -7,043 |
| Cotton Valley | 9,143 | -8,771 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 10,730 | -10,358 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,438 | 10,712 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,278 | 12.25 | 1,200 S |
| 2.375 | 9,900 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,780 | 8.75 | 1,800 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 | Nov 9, 1987 | Sep 25, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 11, 1982 | — |
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 42-401-31326 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-31326 → 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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