TEXAS · WELLS · RUSK COUNTY · VIPER #1 LEASE · API 42-401-33614 · DISTRICT 06
Viper #1 #5
Rusk County · Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Henderson, S. (Travis Peak, Up.) · Minden (Cotton Valley) · Minden (Trans.)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Viper #1 #5 (API 42-401-33614) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged January 25, 2022, last operated by Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 14, 2005, permitted to 10,950 ft.
It was permitted by El Paso Production Company and has since transferred to Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Tma, BMA, Pettit, Travis Peak.
Its lease has reported 1.34K barrels of oil and 557K mcf of gas since August 2005, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by El Paso Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 466
- Phone
- (832) 242-9600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Production reports | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporationthrough Jul 2015 |
| Latest permit | El Paso Production CompanyJul 14, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,950
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 14, 2005
- last permit issued
- Aug 30, 2005
- completed
- 1.34K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 557K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · AUG 2005 THROUGH JUL 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 30, 2005
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 25, 2022
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viper #1 G-6-214829 | Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.) | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation | 1 | 1.34K | 557K | Aug 2005 – Jul 2015 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Viper #1
Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation's other wells filed under this lease name in Rusk County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1El Paso Production CompanyAug 2005 → Jul 2006
- 2El Paso E & P Company, L. P.Aug 2006 → Oct 2011
- 3NFR Energy, LLCNov 2011 → Jan 2013
- 4Sabine Oil & Gas LLCFeb 2013 → Mar 2015
- 5Sabine Oil & Gas CorporationApr 2015 → Jul 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 603393-99 | Drill | El Paso Production Company | Jul 13, 2005 | Jul 14, 2005 | Jul 26, 2005 | 10,950 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2005 | Viper #1 G-6-214829 | Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.) | Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 409 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Tma | 6,052 | -5,643 |
| BMA | 6,290 | -5,881 |
| Pettit | 7,004 | -6,595 |
| Travis Peak | 7,332 | -6,923 |
| Cotton Valley | 9,179 | -8,770 |
| B/CV BLM | 9,397 | -8,988 |
| Taylor | 10,438 | -10,029 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,422 | 9,463 | Perforated |
| 9,697 | 9,982 | Perforated |
| 10,140 | 10,326 | Perforated |
| 10,500 | 10,676 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,225 | 12.25 | 435 S |
| 4.5 | 10,850 | 7.875 | 1,370 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Sep 11, 2006 | Sep 30, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 29, 2006 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Oct 8, 2008. Density, Neutron, Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMBINATION: RESISTIVITY/NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Tma, BMA, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley, B/Cv Blm, Taylor | TIFF | 1,215 to 10,857 | Oct 8, 2008run Aug 8, 2005 | 4.94 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-401-33614 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-33614 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
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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