WELL · 42-497-34978 · DISTRICT 9

Champion "A" #4

Champion "A" #4 (API 42-497-34978) is a permitted well in Wise County filed by Seely Oil Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2002 and 2006, permitted to 8,100 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Caddo, Atoka, Marble Falls, Barnett.

Operator of record

Seely Oil Company

Fort Worth, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 153 permits on file · (817) 992-1737

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Briley Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2024
Latest permit	Seely Oil CompanySep 18, 2006

8,100: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Sep 18, 2006: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
273K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2002 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
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 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
Champion A G-13-191740	Newark, East (Barnett Shale)	Briley Operating, LLC	1	0	273K	Oct 2002 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Seely Oil CompanyOct 2002 → Jul 2006
2Williams Prod. Gulf Coast, L.P.Aug 2006 → Jan 2012
3WPX Energy Gulf Coast, LPFeb 2012 → May 2012
4Premier Natural Resources Ii,llcJun 2012 → Feb 2015
5Trinity River Energy Oper, LLCMar 2015 → May 2017
6Briley Operating, LLCJun 2017 → Apr 2024

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
621600-99	Recompletion	Seely Oil Company	Jun 26, 2006	Sep 18, 2006	—	8,056
520615-99	Drill	Seely Oil Co.	Jun 4, 2002	Jun 13, 2002	Jun 28, 2002	8,100

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-13-191740	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 968 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Caddo	5,010	-4,042
Atoka	5,852	-4,884
Marble Falls	7,120	-6,152
Barnett	7,453	-6,485

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
7,453	7,494	Perforated
7,690	7,992	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	664	12.25	350 S
5.5	8,055	7.875	200 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 16, 2003	Nov 6, 2002	Yes
00	Dec 10, 2002	—	—

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 42-497-34978 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-497-34978 → 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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