TEXAS · WELLS · WICHITA COUNTY · RESEARCH TEST WELL LEASE · API 42-485-42161 · DISTRICT 7C
Research Test Well #1
Wichita County · Wichita County Regular field · Vertical
Research Test Well #1 (API 42-485-42161) is a plugged well in Wichita County, plugged April 6, 2016, last operated by NU-Bore Systems.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 18, 1990, permitted to 1,500 ft.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Wichita Falls, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 10, 1991
- Permits on file
- 1
- Phone
- (817) 322-7185
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | NU-Bore Systems |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | NU-Bore SystemsJul 18, 1990 |
- 1,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 18, 1990
- last permit issued
- —
- 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
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 6, 2016
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Test Well O-13-27936 | Wichita County Regular | NU-Bore Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | by Jan 1993 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Research Test Well
NU-Bore Systems'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 wellsChain of custody
Operator on the lease's P-4
Each operator named on the P-4 filings for this well's lease (a gas well is its own lease), from the date its filing took effect. The P-4 is filed by lease, so a date before the well was drilled is the lease's.
| Operator | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| NU-Bore Systems | Sep 20, 1990 | today |
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375641-99 | Drill | NU-Bore Systems | Jul 18, 1990 | Jul 18, 1990 | Jul 23, 1990 | 1,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Research Test Well O-13-27936 | Wichita County Regular | NU-Bore Systems | Plugged | — |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,511 | 11 | 378 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 | Apr 9, 1991 | Sep 20, 1990 | — |
| 00 | Mar 11, 1991 | — | — |
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 42-485-42161 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-485-42161 → 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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