WELL · 42-505-30952 · DISTRICT 4
Salinas Octavio Gas Unit #1
Zapata County · Laredo (Lobo) field · Vertical
Salinas Octavio Gas Unit #1 (API 42-505-30952) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged December 15, 2022, last operated by Fran Investments Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 13, 1978, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Texas Drilling CO. and has since transferred to Fran Investments Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texas Drilling Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Laredo, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 29, 2025 · 1 permits on file · (956) 286-1086
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Fran Investments Inc. |
| Production reports | Fran Investments, Inc.through Oct 2014 |
| Latest permit | Texas Drilling Co.Jan 13, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 13, 1978
- last permit issued
- Mar 8, 1978
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.58M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 8, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 15, 2022
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salinas, Octavio Gas Unit G-4-75829 | Laredo (Lobo) | Fran Investments, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 1.58M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1TDC Engineering, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1993
- 2Sonat Exploration Company -TylerMar 1993 → Nov 1993
- 3Sonat Exploration Co. - HoustonDec 1993 → Oct 1998
- 4Cliffwood Production Co.Nov 1998 → Feb 2001
- 5Ocean Energy, Inc.Mar 2001 → Aug 2003
- 6Devon Louisiana CorporationSep 2003 → Apr 2005
- 7Legend Natural Gas II, LPMay 2005 → Dec 2006
- 8Faulconer, Vernon E., Inc.Jan 2007 → Aug 2011
- 9Fran Investments, Inc.Jan 2012 → Oct 2014
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14458-99 | Drill | Texas Drilling Co. | Jan 13, 1978 | Jan 13, 1978 | Jan 31, 1978 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-75829 | — | — | — | — |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 646 | 13.5 | 325 S |
| 7 | 6,255 | 8.75 | 350 S |
| 4.5 | 8,164 | 6.125 | 365 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 12, 1984 | Apr 10, 1978 | — |
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 42-505-30952 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-30952 → 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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