WELL · 42-401-31416 · DISTRICT 6
Cherokee Water Company #1
Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical
Cherokee Water Company #1 (API 42-401-31416) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged February 21, 2020, last operated by Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 24, 1982, permitted to 11,500 ft.
It was permitted by Heritage Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Massive Anhydrite (marker), Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.
Operator of record
Permitted by Heritage Energy Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 466 permits on file · (866) 520-0402
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Production reports | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporationthrough Dec 2015 |
| Latest permit | Heritage Energy CorporationMar 24, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 24, 1982
- last permit issued
- Nov 3, 1995
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.68M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 3, 1995
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 21, 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Water Company G-6-109953 | Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation | 1 | 0 | 1.68M | Jan 1993 – Feb 2020 |
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.
- 1Heritage Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Nov 1994
- 2Sierra Mineral Development, L.C.Dec 1994 → Jun 1995
- 3National Energy Group, Inc.Jul 1995 → Apr 2002
- 4Neg Operating LLCMay 2002 → Mar 2008
- 5Sandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCApr 2008 → Jan 2012
- 6NFR Energy, LLCFeb 2012 → Jan 2013
- 7Sabine Oil & Gas LLCFeb 2013 → Mar 2015
- 8Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationApr 2015 → Dec 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154994-99 | Drill | Heritage Energy Corporation | Aug 2, 1983 | Mar 24, 1982 | — | 11,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-109953 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 347 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Massive Anhydrite (marker)MASSIVE ANHYDRITE | 5,775 | -5,428 |
| Rodessa | 6,460 | -6,113 |
| Pettit | 6,760 | -6,413 |
| Travis Peak | 7,050 | -6,703 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,720 | -8,373 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,038 | 9,364 | Perforated |
| 9,670 | 9,973 | Perforated |
| 10,167 | 10,471 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,534 | 12.25 | 500 S |
| 5.5 | 10,588 | 8.75 | 600 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 | Mar 20, 1996 | Dec 7, 1995 | — |
| 00 | Apr 20, 1984 | Mar 21, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Apr 19, 1984 | Mar 21, 1984 | — |
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 42-401-31416 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-31416 → 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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