WELL · 42-403-30392 · DISTRICT 3
U.S.A. Unit A-277 #1
Sabine County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Horizontal
U.S.A. Unit A-277 #1 (API 42-403-30392) is a plugged horizontal well in Sabine County, plugged April 29, 2004, last operated by Swift Energy Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1994 and 2005, permitted to 12,222 ft.
It was permitted by Shinnery Oil Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Swift Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Saratoga, Austin Chalk.
Its 2 leases have reported 102K barrels of oil and 558K mcf of gas since August 1995, last reporting in July 2020. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Shinnery Oil Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2006 · 719 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Swift Energy Company |
| Production reports | Shinnery Oil Company, Inc.through Oct 2007 |
| Latest permit | Shinnery Oil Company, Inc.Jul 18, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,222
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Jul 18, 2005
- last permit issued
- Aug 1, 1995
- completed
- 102K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 558K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1995 THROUGH Jul 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 1, 1995
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 29, 2004
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA A-277 O-3-24906 | Brookeland (Wilcox 7740) | Shinnery Oil Company, Inc. | 1 | 3.39K | 2.03K | Aug 2006 – Jul 2020 |
| U.S.A. Unit A-277 O-6-13477 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Swift Energy Company | 1 | 99K | 556K | Aug 1995 – Jun 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 -TylerAug 1995 → Aug 1998
- 2Swift Energy CompanySep 1998 → Apr 2004
- 3Shinnery Oil Company, Inc.Sep 2006 → Sep 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 603540-99 | Reenter | Shinnery Oil Company, Inc. | Jul 15, 2005 | Jul 18, 2005 | Jul 5, 2006 | 12,222 |
| 428592-97 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Oct 31, 1995 | Sep 28, 1994 | — | 10,250 |
| 428592-99 | Drill | Sonat Exploration Company -Tyler | Sep 28, 1994 | Sep 28, 1994 | Jun 25, 1995 | 10,250 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-6-13477 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-24906 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 216 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 2,940 | -2,724 |
| Saratoga | 7,923 | -7,707 |
| Austin ChalkAUSTIN CHALK, 8800 | 9,126 | -8,910 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,634 | 7,648 | Perforated |
| 9,195 | 12,222 | Perforated |
| 9,195 | 13,621 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,525 | 13.5 | 672 S |
| 7.625 | 9,195 | 9.875 | 975 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 2, 2007 | Sep 29, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Oct 26, 2006 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 5, 1996 | Nov 9, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 5, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-403-30392 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-403-30392 → 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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