WELL · 42-706-30220 · DISTRICT 3

State Lease M-96872 #1

Plugged

Galveston-LB County · Putski (Marg. A) field · Vertical

State Lease M-96872 #1 (API 42-706-30220) is a plugged well in Galveston-LB County, plugged November 20, 1999, last operated by Shell Offshore Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued May 30, 1996, permitted to 10,500 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Marg A.

Operator of record

Shell Offshore Inc.

New Orleans, LA · P-5 Y, filed Feb 2, 2018 · 10 permits on file · (504) 606-4252

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Shell Offshore Inc.
Production reports	Shell Offshore Inc.through Oct 1997
Latest permit	Shell Offshore Inc.May 30, 1996

10,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
May 30, 1996: last permit issued
Mar 26, 1998: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
487K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1996 THROUGH Nov 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 26, 1998
Shut in: —
Plugged: Nov 20, 1999

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
State Lease M-96872 G-3-165043	Putski (Marg. A)	Shell Offshore Inc.	1	0	487K	Nov 1996 – Nov 1999

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.

1Shell Offshore Inc.Jul 1997 → Oct 1997

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
448423-98	Drill	Shell Offshore Inc.	Jul 12, 1996	May 30, 1996	—	10,500
448423-99	Drill	Shell Offshore Inc.	May 22, 1996	May 30, 1996	Jul 1, 1996	10,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-165043	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 89 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Marg A	9,251	-9,162

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,139	9,163	Perforated
9,176	9,186	Perforated
9,202	9,212	Perforated
9,230	9,249	Perforated
9,251	9,276	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	2,950	13.5	1,142 S
7.625	9,000	9.875	868 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jan 29, 1999	Dec 30, 1998	—
Nov 17, 1997	Aug 28, 1997	Yes
Nov 4, 1997	—	—

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 42-706-30220 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-706-30220 → 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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