WELL · 42-401-34241 · DISTRICT 6
Rayford Bess #1
Rusk County · Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.) field · Vertical
Rayford Bess #1 (API 42-401-34241) is a well in Rusk County operated by Memorial Production Oper. LLC, completed April 7, 2007.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2007 and 2010, permitted to 11,000 ft.
It was permitted by Goodrich Petroleum Company and has since transferred to Memorial Production Oper. LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including James Lime, Sligo, Travis Peak.
Its 2 leases have reported 3.41K barrels of oil and 294K mcf of gas since April 2007, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Goodrich Petroleum Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 19, 2017
- Permits on file
- 193
- Phone
- (713) 490-8900
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Memorial Production Oper. LLC |
| Production reports | Eqv Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Goodrich Petroleum CompanyMay 5, 2010 |
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
- 3
- permits on file
- May 5, 2010
- last permit issued
- Apr 7, 2007
- completed
- 3.41K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 294K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2007 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 7, 2007
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayford, Bess O-6-15152 | Minden (Travis Peak Cons.) | Eqv Operating LLC | 1 | 3.41K | 6.78K | May 2010 – Jul 2026 |
| Rayford, Bess G-6-227992 | Minden (Cotton Valley Cons.) | Goodrich Petroleum Company | 1 | 0 | 287K | Apr 2007 – Dec 2011 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 67 · prior 12 0
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 29 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Goodrich Petroleum CompanyApr 2007 → Jun 2012
- 2Memorial Production Oper. LLCJul 2012 → May 2017
- 3Amplify Energy Operating LLCJul 2017 → Oct 2018
- 4Eqv Operating LLCFeb 2026 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 695416-99 | Recompletion | Goodrich Petroleum Company | May 4, 2010 | May 5, 2010 | Apr 23, 2010 | 11,000 |
| 633961-98 | Drill | Goodrich Petroleum Company | May 16, 2007 | Feb 26, 2007 | Mar 1, 2007 | 11,000 |
| 633961-99 | Drill | Goodrich Petroleum Company | Feb 21, 2007 | Feb 26, 2007 | Mar 1, 2007 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-227992 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-6-15152 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 505 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| James Lime | 6,925 | -6,420 |
| Sligo | 7,163 | -6,658 |
| Travis Peak | 7,490 | -6,985 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,836 | 7,848 | Perforated |
| 10,274 | 10,470 | Perforated |
| 10,612 | 10,796 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 118 | 26 | 195 S |
| 9.625 | 1,232 | 12.25 | 325 S |
| 4.5 | 10,969 | 8.75 | 1,515 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 8, 2013 | Jan 4, 2012 | — |
| 00 | Jul 17, 2007 | May 18, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 13, 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 42-401-34241 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-401-34241 → 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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