WELL · 42-403-30350 · DISTRICT 6
Ferguson Unit #1
Sabine County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Horizontal
Ferguson Unit #1 (API 42-403-30350) is a plugged horizontal well in Sabine County, plugged June 14, 1994, last operated by Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 2, 1992, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc. and has since transferred to Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 8.56K barrels of oil and 8.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 1994.
Operator of record
Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler
Permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 New, filed Jun 29, 1992 · 655 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler |
| Production reports | Sonat Exploration Company -Tylerthrough Jun 1994 |
| Latest permit | United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Mar 2, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 2, 1992
- last permit issued
- Apr 16, 1992
- completed
- 8.56K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 8.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 1994
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 16, 1992
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 14, 1994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Unit O-6-13041 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | 1 | 8.56K | 8.7K | Jan 1993 – Sep 1994 |
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.
- 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJan 1993 → Jun 1994
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397193-99 | Drill | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | Mar 3, 1992 | Mar 2, 1992 | Mar 14, 1992 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-6-13041 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 188 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 8,300 | -8,112 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,914 | 11,070 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,373 | 14.75 | 1,185 S |
| 7 | 8,319 | 9.875 | 300 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 | Sep 14, 1992 | Apr 21, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 16, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-403-30350 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-403-30350 → 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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