WELL · 42-401-31360 · DISTRICT 6
Crim Helen Gas Unit #1
Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical
Crim Helen Gas Unit #1 (API 42-401-31360) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged May 18, 1994, last operated by Castle Production Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 18, 1981, permitted to 11,000 ft.
It was permitted by Arco Oil & Gas CO. and has since transferred to Castle Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Duck Creek Shale, Duck Creek Lime, Paluxy, Glen Rose.
Operator of record
Permitted by Arco Oil & Gas Co.; 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 Mar 1994 |
| Latest permit | Arco Oil & Gas Co.Dec 18, 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
- Dec 18, 1981
- last permit issued
- Feb 17, 1982
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 19.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 1994
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 17, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 18, 1994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crim, Helen Gas Unit G-6-99235 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | Castle Production Company | 1 | 0 | 19.9K | Jan 1993 – May 1994 |
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 → Mar 1994
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144935-97 | Field transfer | Arco Oil & Gas Co. | Mar 2, 1988 | Dec 18, 1981 | — | 11,000 |
| 144935-99 | Drill | Henderson Clay Products, Inc. | Dec 18, 1981 | Dec 18, 1981 | — | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-99235 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 402 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Duck Creek Shale | 3,890 | -3,488 |
| Duck Creek Lime | 4,030 | -3,628 |
| Paluxy | 4,446 | -4,044 |
| Glen RoseUPPER GLEN ROSE | 6,300 | -5,898 |
| Pine Island | 7,038 | -6,636 |
| PettitPETTET | 7,158 | -6,756 |
| Travis Peak | 7,470 | -7,068 |
| Cotton Valley | 9,168 | -8,766 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 10,800 | -10,398 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,511 | 10,716 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,288 | 12.5 | 1,200 S |
| 2.375 | 10,100 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 10,875 | 8.75 | 2,700 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 | Apr 19, 1988 | Mar 2, 1988 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 12, 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 42-401-31360 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-31360 → 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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