WELL · 42-409-31438 · DISTRICT 4

Crites A #2

Plugged

San Patricio County · Midway South (Frio Deep) field · Vertical

Crites A #2 (API 42-409-31438) is a plugged well in San Patricio County, plugged November 7, 2003, last operated by Hec Petroleum Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 15, 1980, permitted to 13,225 ft.

It was permitted by Cities Service Company and has since transferred to Hec Petroleum Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Hec Petroleum Inc.

Permitted by Cities Service Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 3, 2006

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Hec Petroleum Inc.
Production reports	Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.through Aug 1999
Latest permit	Cities Service CompanyJul 15, 1980

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

13,225: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jul 15, 1980: last permit issued
Dec 14, 1981: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
481K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Nov 2003

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Dec 14, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 7, 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
Crites A G-4-97456	Midway, South (Frio Deep)	Hec Petroleum, Inc.	1	0	481K	Jan 1993 – Nov 2003

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.

1Michael Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Sep 1994
2Arcadia Expl. & Prod. CompanyOct 1994 → Oct 1998
3Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.Nov 1998 → Aug 1999

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
86694-99	Drill	Cities Service Company	Jul 15, 1980	Jul 15, 1980	Jun 19, 1981	13,225

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-97456	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
12,624	12,797	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	68	22	77 S
10.75	2,418	14.75	1,380 S
7.625	10,470	9.875	1,800 S
2.375	12,400	—	—

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	Jan 12, 1984	Jan 8, 1982	Yes

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 42-409-31438 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-409-31438 → 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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