TEXAS · WELLS · WOOD COUNTY · SENIOR LEASE · API 42-499-30705 · DISTRICT 06
Senior #1
Wood County · Yantis (Smackover) field · Vertical
Senior #1 (API 42-499-30705) is a plugged well in Wood County, plugged February 15, 1994, last operated by Valence Operating Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1979, permitted to 13,700 ft.
It was permitted by Samedan Oil Corporation and has since transferred to Valence Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 6.19K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Samedan Oil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Kingwood, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 990
- Phone
- (281) 359-3659
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Valence Operating Company |
| Production reports | Valence Operating Companythrough Apr 1993 |
| Latest permit | Samedan Oil CorporationApr 24, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,700
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 24, 1979
- last permit issued
- Aug 17, 1980
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 6.19K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 1993
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 17, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 15, 1994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior G-6-91959 | Yantis (Smackover) | Valence Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 6.19K | Jan 1993 – Apr 1993 |
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.
- 1Valence Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 1993
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50095-99 | Drill | Samedan Oil Corporation | Apr 24, 1979 | Apr 24, 1979 | — | 13,700 |
| 29954-99 | Drill | Samedan Oil Corporation | Jul 25, 1978 | Jul 25, 1978 | — | 13,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 1980 | Senior G-6-91959 | Yantis (Smackover) | Valence Operating Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 13,243 | 13,261 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 5,192 | 12.25 | 600 S |
| 2.875 | 13,120 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 13,409 | 8.75 | 525 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 | Feb 9, 1981 | — |
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 42-499-30705 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-499-30705 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/49930705, documented in the API reference.