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Cavazos #1

Plugged

Zapata County · EN Seguido (Wilcox) field  · Vertical

Cavazos #1 (API 42-505-34098) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged October 29, 2012, last operated by Chesapeake Operating Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 8, 2000, permitted to 16,000 ft.

It was permitted by Wagner & Brown, Ltd. and has since transferred to Chesapeake Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Queen City, Wilcox.

Its lease has reported 83 barrels of oil and 3.28M mcf of gas since August 2000, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Chesapeake Operating Inc.

Permitted by Wagner & Brown, Ltd.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Oklahoma City, OK
P-5 status
Delinquent (D)
P-5 last filed
Dec 10, 2024
Permits on file
13,061
Phone
(405) 935-3100

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleChesapeake Operating Inc.
Production reportsChesapeake Operating, Inc.through Jan 2010
Latest permitWagner & Brown, Ltd.Mar 8, 2000

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

16,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Mar 8, 2000
last permit issued
Aug 11, 2000
completed
83
cumulative oil, bbl
3.28M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2000 THROUGH Jan 2010

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 11, 2000
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 29, 2012

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Cavazos G-4-179100EN Seguido (Wilcox)Chesapeake Operating, Inc.1833.28MAug 2000 – Jan 2010

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.

  1. 1Wagner & Brown, Ltd.Aug 2000 → Oct 2003
  2. 2Legend Natural Gas, LPNov 2003 → Aug 2004
  3. 3Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Sep 2004 → Jan 2010

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
492853-99DrillWagner & Brown, Ltd.Mar 8, 2000Mar 8, 2000Apr 2, 200016,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 11, 2000Cavazos G-4-179100EN Seguido (Wilcox)Chesapeake Operating Inc.Plugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 457 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Queen City3,695-3,238
Queen CityBASE QUEEN CITY5,555-5,098
WilcoxTOP WILCOX8,346-7,889

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
12,30012,325Perforated
12,42512,450Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.3751,22417.5840 S
9.6257,80012.25515 S
3.512,9706.5635 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Nov 27, 2000Oct 2, 2000Yes
00Oct 27, 2000——

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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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