TEXAS · WELLS · UPTON COUNTY · CRAVENS 31 B LEASE · API 42-461-31298 · DISTRICT 6E

Cravens 31 B #1

Plugged

Upton County · Spraberry (Trend Area) field · Vertical

Cravens 31 B #1 (API 42-461-31298) is a plugged well in Upton County, plugged September 18, 1996, last operated by Cox John L..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 17, 1978, permitted to 8,700 ft.

Its lease has reported 5.43K barrels of oil and 16.5K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Cox John L.

Based in: Midland, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Mar 21, 2003
Permits on file: 1,123
Phone: (432) 682-9435

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Cox John L.
Production reports	Cox, John L.through Aug 1996
Latest permit	Cox, John L.Apr 17, 1978

8,700: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 17, 1978: last permit issued
May 24, 1978: completed
5.43K: cumulative oil, bbl
16.5K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 1996

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: May 24, 1978
Shut in: —
Plugged: Sep 18, 1996

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
Cravens 31 B O-9-7470	Spraberry (Trend Area)	Cox, John L.	1	5.43K	16.5K	Jan 1993 – Aug 1996

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.

1Cox, John L.Jan 1993 → Aug 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
22279-99	Drill	Cox, John L.	Apr 17, 1978	Apr 17, 1978	—	8,700

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
May 24, 1978	Cravens 31 B O-9-7470	Spraberry (Trend Area)	Cox John L.	Plugged	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,960	8,414	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	448	11	350 S
4.5	8,500	7.875	700 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →

Suffix	RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jan 12, 1984	May 30, 1978	—

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 42-461-31298 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-461-31298 → scanned completion filings

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its search.

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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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