WELL · 42-401-34117 · DISTRICT 6

Bird G. W. Estate #12

Plugged

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

Bird G. W. Estate #12 (API 42-401-34117) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged February 23, 2023, last operated by Verado Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 25, 2006, permitted to 12,000 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley.

Operator of record

Verado Energy Inc.

Allen, TX · P-5 Inactive, filed Jan 30, 2025 · 193 permits on file · (214) 368-5322

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Verado Energy Inc.
Production reports	Verado Energy, Inc.through Feb 2023
Latest permit	Verado Energy, Inc.Oct 25, 2006

12,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 25, 2006: last permit issued
Feb 17, 2007: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
724K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2007 THROUGH May 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 17, 2007
Shut in: —
Plugged: Feb 23, 2023

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
Bird, G. W. Estate G-6-227269	Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)	Verado Energy, Inc.	1	0	724K	Jan 2007 – May 2023

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.

1Verado Energy, Inc.Jan 2007 → Feb 2023

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
628059-99	Drill	Verado Energy, Inc.	Oct 25, 2006	Oct 25, 2006	Nov 18, 2006	12,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-227269	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 400 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Rodessa	6,150	-5,750
Pettit	6,840	-6,440
Travis Peak	7,030	-6,630
Cotton Valley	8,930	-8,530
CV Taylor	10,195	-9,795
BossierBOSSIER SHALE	10,500	-10,100

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,140	9,240	Perforated
9,510	9,782	Perforated
9,902	9,998	Perforated
10,262	10,490	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	999	11	400 S
4.5	10,596	7.875	1,145 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	Jun 25, 2007	Apr 25, 2007	Yes
00	Jun 21, 2007	—	—

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 42-401-34117 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-401-34117 → 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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