WELL · 42-429-33955 · DISTRICT 7
Echols #1
Stephens County · Stephens County Regular field · Vertical
Echols #1 (API 42-429-33955) is a well in Stephens County operated by Echols Oil Company, completed May 10, 1994.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1983 and 1994, permitted to 5,000 ft.
It was permitted by Delta Oil & Gas Company and has since transferred to Echols Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Strawn, Caddo, Big Saline, Duffer.
Its 3 leases have reported 8.87K barrels of oil and 53.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 9 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Delta Oil & Gas Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Caddo, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2013 · 44 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Echols Oil Company |
| Production reports | Echols Oil Company, L.L.C.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Delta Oil & Gas CompanyApr 18, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 18, 1994
- last permit issued
- May 10, 1994
- completed
- 8.87K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 53.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 10, 1994
- 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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 9 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echols, Bill O-8-8584 | Stephens County Regular | Echols Oil Company, L.L.C. | 5 | 4.13K | 2.22K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Echols O-8-27221 | Stephens County Regular | Echols Oil Company | 3 | 4.74K | 51.1K | May 1994 – Apr 2011 |
| Echols G-8-110562 | Caddo, North (Duffer) | Delta Oil & Gas Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Oct 1994 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 76 · prior 12 52(+46%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Delta Oil & Gas CompanyMay 1994 → May 1997
- 2Echols Oil CompanyJun 1997 → Jan 2012
- 3Echols Oil Company, L.L.C.Feb 2012 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 422847-99 | Recompletion | Delta Oil & Gas Company | Apr 11, 1994 | Apr 18, 1994 | May 10, 1994 | 3,750 |
| 224984-99 | Drill | Delta Oil & Gas Company | Dec 23, 1983 | Dec 28, 1983 | — | 5,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-8-110562 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-8584 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-27221 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,246 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn | 2,170 | -924 |
| Caddo | 3,160 | -1,914 |
| Big Saline | 3,620 | -2,374 |
| Duffer | 3,990 | -2,744 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,160 | 3,202 | Perforated |
| 3,742 | 3,750 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 162 | 12.25 | 130 sx |
| 4.5 | 4,100 | 7.875 | 325 sx |
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 | Mar 8, 2011 | Jun 3, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 23, 1994 | Jun 3, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 28, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 7, 1984 | May 21, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jun 6, 1984 | May 21, 1984 | — |
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 42-429-33955 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-429-33955 → 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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