TEXAS · WELLS · WHARTON COUNTY · API 42-481-31247 · DISTRICT 03
Popp August J. #1
Wharton County · Popp (2500) field · Vertical
Popp August J. #1 (API 42-481-31247) is a plugged well in Wharton County, plugged April 14, 1981, last operated by Prairie Producing Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 16, 1977, permitted to 6,930 ft.
It was permitted by Prairie Convest Neumin Prod and has since transferred to Prairie Producing Company on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Prairie Convest Neumin Prod; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Sugar Land, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 30, 1992
- Permits on file
- 234
- Phone
- (713) 287-7676
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prairie Producing Company |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Prairie Convest Neumin ProdJun 16, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,930
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 16, 1977
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 14, 1981
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Wells named Popp August J.
Prairie Producing Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Wharton County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsPermits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 836-99 | Drill | Prairie Convest Neumin Prod | Jun 16, 1977 | Jun 16, 1977 | — | 6,930 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Popp August J. G-3-71677 | Popp (2500) | Prairie Producing Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,547 | 2,551 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 560 | 12.25 | — |
| 4.5 | 2,700 | 7.875 | — |
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 | — | — |
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 42-481-31247 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-481-31247 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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