WELL · 42-479-32290 · DISTRICT 4
Palafox Exploration Co. A #7
Webb County · Las Tiendas (Olmos) field · Vertical
Palafox Exploration CO. A #7 (API 42-479-32290) is a well in Webb County operated by Virtex Petroleum Company Inc., completed August 31, 1979.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 2005, permitted to 7,200 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Carrizo, Midway, Escondido.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Corpus Chrsti, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 6, 2009 · 220 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Virtex Petroleum Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.through Aug 2000 |
| Latest permit | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.Aug 25, 2005 |
- 7,200
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Aug 25, 2005
- last permit issued
- Aug 31, 1979
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 33.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 31, 1979
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VT Palafox Exploration Co. A G-4-211917 | Wildcat | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jun 2005 – Jul 2026 |
| Palafox Exploration Co. "A" G-4-84450 | Las Tiendas (Olmos) | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 33.4K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2005 |
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.
- 1Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Aug 2000
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 605429-99 | Recompletion | Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc. | Aug 24, 2005 | Aug 25, 2005 | Aug 8, 2005 | 3,600 |
| 43280-99 | Drill | Combustion Products Corp. | Feb 27, 1979 | Feb 27, 1979 | — | 7,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-84450 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-4-211917 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 696 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,622 | 1,638 | Perforated |
| 6,629 | 6,828 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 428 | 12.25 | 400 S |
| 2.375 | 6,546 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 6,930 | 7.875 | 400 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. About these reports →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 6, 2006 | Sep 19, 2005 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 1, 2005 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Oct 3, 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 42-479-32290 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-32290 → 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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