WELL · 42-403-30359 · DISTRICT 6
Needmore #1
Sabine County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Horizontal
Needmore #1 (API 42-403-30359) is a plugged horizontal well in Sabine County, plugged December 12, 2003, last operated by L.C.S. Production Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 15, 1992, permitted to 10,000 ft.
It was permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc. and has since transferred to L.C.S. Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Top Of Saratoga, Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 523K barrels of oil and 2.21M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2004.
Operator of record
Permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 14, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,707
- Phone
- (325) 692-3903
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | L.C.S. Production Company |
| Production reports | L.C.S. Production Companythrough Mar 2003 |
| Latest permit | United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Oct 15, 1992 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 15, 1992
- last permit issued
- Jan 3, 1993
- completed
- 523K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.21M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 3, 1993
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 12, 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Needmore O-6-13153 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | L.C.S. Production Company | 1 | 523K | 2.21M | Jan 1993 – Feb 2004 |
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 → Oct 1996
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyNov 1996 → Dec 1998
- 3Eclipse Oil & Gas, Inc.Jan 1999 → Sep 2000
- 4Odessa Exploration, Inc.Oct 2000 → Oct 2000
- 5Cameron, Paul E., Jr., Inc.Nov 2000 → Mar 2001
- 6L.C.S. Production CompanyJul 2002 → Mar 2003
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404775-99 | Drill | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | Oct 15, 1992 | Oct 15, 1992 | Nov 4, 1992 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-6-13153 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 211 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Top of Saratoga | 7,069 | -6,858 |
| Pecan GapTOP OF BASE PECAN GAP | 7,542 | -7,331 |
| Austin ChalkTOP OF AUSTIN CHALK | 8,042 | -7,831 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,240 | 12,458 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,357 | 14.75 | 1,310 S |
| 7 | 8,076 | 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 | May 20, 1993 | Feb 17, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | May 6, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-403-30359 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-403-30359 → 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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