WELL · 42-401-31603 · DISTRICT 6

Laird S. S. B #4

Plugged

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

Laird S. S. B #4 (API 42-401-31603) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged November 19, 1997, last operated by Palmer Petroleum Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 17, 1983, permitted to 11,000 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Ft. Worth, Paluxy, B/Ma, James Lime.

Operator of record

Palmer Petroleum Inc.

Based in: Shreveport, LA
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Sep 16, 2024
Permits on file: 304
Phone: (318) 222-0517

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Palmer Petroleum Inc.
Production reports	Palmer Petroleum Inc.through Sep 1997
Latest permit	Palmer Petroleum Inc.Jan 17, 1983

11,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jan 17, 1983: last permit issued
Jan 29, 1996: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
144K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jan 29, 1996
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 19, 1997

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
Laird, S. S. B G-6-106303	Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)	Palmer Petroleum Inc.	1	0	144K	Jan 1993 – Nov 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.

1Palmer Petroleum Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 1997

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
183371-99	Drill	Palmer Petroleum Inc.	Jan 17, 1983	Jan 17, 1983	Jan 30, 1983	11,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-106303	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 364 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Ft. Worth	4,025	-3,661
Paluxy	4,680	-4,316
B/MA	6,625	-6,261
James LimeJAMES	7,110	-6,746
PettitPETTET	7,325	-6,961
Travis Peak	7,580	-7,216

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,374	10,307	Perforated
10,846	10,638	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	3,276	12.25	1,020 S
9.375	3,276	12.25	1,020 S
4.5	10,888	—	1,685 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 20, 1996	Mar 15, 1996	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Jul 14, 1983	—

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 42-401-31603 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-401-31603 → 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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