TEXAS · WELLS · WHARTON COUNTY · LAY LEASE · API 42-481-34084 · DISTRICT 03
Lay #4
Wharton County · Jackwhar (Frio 3700) field · Vertical
Lay #4 (API 42-481-34084) is a plugged well in Wharton County, plugged August 15, 2006, last operated by Kerr-Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 16, 1998, permitted to 5,000 ft.
It was permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc. and has since transferred to Kerr-Mcgee Oil & Gas Onshore LP on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Catahoula.
Its lease has reported 190K mcf of gas since January 1999, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP
Permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 14, 2026
- Permits on file
- 234
- Phone
- (713) 215-7000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP |
| Production reports | Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LPthrough Aug 2001 |
| Latest permit | United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Oct 16, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 16, 1998
- last permit issued
- Jan 4, 1999
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 190K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1999 THROUGH Aug 2001
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 4, 1999
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 15, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lay G-3-174435 | Jackwhar (Frio 3700) | Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP | 1 | 0 | 190K | Jan 1999 – Aug 2001 |
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.
- 1United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jan 1999 → Jan 2001
- 2United Oil & Minerals L. P.Feb 2001 → Aug 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480075-99 | Drill | United Oil & Minerals, Inc. | Oct 12, 1998 | Oct 16, 1998 | Dec 12, 1998 | 5,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 1999 | Lay G-3-174435 | Jackwhar (Frio 3700) | Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 100 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CatahoulaTOP CATAHOULA | 3,080 | -2,980 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,698 | 3,702 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 502 | 12.25 | 235 S |
| 2.875 | 4,000 | 7.875 | 1,000 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 | Oct 20, 1999 | Feb 16, 1999 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 13, 1999 | — | — |
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 42-481-34084 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-481-34084 → 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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