WELL · 42-455-30317 · DISTRICT 3

Temple #4

Plugged

Trinity County · Apple Springs (Pettit) field · Vertical

Temple #4 (API 42-455-30317) is a plugged well in Trinity County, plugged December 13, 2016, last operated by Pontiac Oil Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 3, 1978, permitted to 12,600 ft.

It was permitted by Hng Oil Company and has since transferred to Pontiac Oil Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Pontiac Oil Inc.

Permitted by HNG Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Graham, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Pontiac Oil Inc.
Production reports	Baxter, Kelly H.through Jun 1993
Latest permit	HNG Oil CompanyNov 3, 1978

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

12,600: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Nov 3, 1978: last permit issued
May 1, 1979: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
2.58K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 1, 1979
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 13, 2016

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
Temple G-3-85004	Apple Springs (James)	Pontiac Oil, Inc.	1	0	2.58K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026
Temple G-3-84841	Apple Springs (Pettit)	Pontiac Oil, Inc.	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Dec 2016

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.

1Baxter, Kelly H.Jun 1993 → Jun 1993

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
36208-99	Drill	HNG Oil Company	Nov 3, 1978	Nov 3, 1978	Oct 18, 1978	12,600

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-84841	—	—	—	—
—	— G-3-85004	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,380	11,521	Perforated
11,990	12,010	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	436	17.5	750 S
9.625	6,475	12.25	2,500 S
2.375	11,110	—	—
2.875	11,731	—	—

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	Nov 8, 1979	—

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 42-455-30317 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-455-30317 → 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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