WELL · 42-475-31005 · DISTRICT 8

Golden #1

Plugged

Ward County · Vermejo E. (Atoka) field  · Vertical

Golden #1 (API 42-475-31005) is a plugged well in Ward County, plugged April 15, 2025, last operated by Wpx Energy Permian LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 11, 1998, permitted to 19,050 ft.

It was permitted by Platinum Exploration Inc. and has since transferred to Wpx Energy Permian LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Delaware, Mississippian, Devonian, Fusselman.

Operator of record

WPX Energy Permian LLC

Permitted by Platinum Exploration Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Oklahoma City, OK
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Oct 22, 2025
Permits on file
956
Phone
(405) 235-3611

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleWPX Energy Permian LLC
Production reportsWPX Energy Permian, LLCthrough Nov 2023
Latest permitPlatinum Exploration Inc.Sep 11, 1998

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

19,050
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 11, 1998
last permit issued
Oct 2, 1998
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
3.62M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2025

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 2, 1998
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 15, 2025

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Golden G-10-170869Vermejo, E. (Atoka)WPX Energy Permian, LLC103.62MOct 1998 – Apr 2025
Golden Unit G-10-76685Vermejo (Fusselman)Platinum Exploration Inc.100Jan 1993 – Oct 1998

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

01K2K3K202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Platinum Exploration Inc.Oct 1998 → Feb 2006
  2. 2Five States Operating CompanyMar 2006 → Feb 2007
  3. 3Jay Management Company, LLCMar 2007 → Mar 2015
  4. 4Double Eagle Operating, LLCMay 2015 → Jun 2015
  5. 5Panther Exploration, LLCJul 2015 → Feb 2017
  6. 6RKI Exploration & Production LLCMar 2017 → Apr 2018
  7. 7WPX Energy Permian, LLCMay 2018 → Nov 2023

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
479405-99RecompletionPlatinum Exploration Inc.Sep 11, 1998Sep 11, 1998Sep 10, 199819,050

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-10-76685————
—— G-10-170869————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,687 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Delaware4,594-1,907
MississippianMISS. LIME17,810-15,123
Devonian18,628-15,941
Fusselman18,778-16,091

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
16,61816,654Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3754,45017.5—
10.7511,5242.251,615 S
10.7511,52412.25—
3.514,866——

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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Dec 29, 1998Oct 20, 1998Yes
00Dec 3, 1998——
00Jan 12, 1984Jun 1, 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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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