TEXAS · WELLS · WICHITA COUNTY · PRESTON LEASE · API 42-485-38641 · DISTRICT 7C
Preston #4
Wichita County · Wichita County Regular field · Vertical
Preston #4 (API 42-485-38641) is a plugged well in Wichita County, plugged August 26, 1997, last operated by Bowden Oil Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 22, 1982, permitted to 450 ft.
It was permitted by F D C & S Operating Company and has since transferred to Bowden Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by F D C & S Operating Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Electra, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 14, 1986
- Phone
- (817) 495-4112
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bowden Oil Company |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | F D C & S Operating CompanyDec 22, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 450
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 22, 1982
- last permit issued
- Aug 31, 1982
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH —
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 31, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 26, 1997
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.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston O-13-23498 | Wichita County Regular | Bowden Oil Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | by Jan 1993 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Preston
Bowden Oil Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Wichita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180934-99 | Drill | F D C & S Operating Company | Dec 22, 1982 | Dec 22, 1982 | — | 450 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 1982 | Preston O-13-23498 | Wichita County Regular | Bowden Oil Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 390 | 400 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 410 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 508 | 6.25 | 80 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 | Aug 18, 1983 | — |
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 42-485-38641 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-485-38641 → 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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