MERIT #1-5

API 3500921409 · Beckham County, Oklahoma

ACGAS
API
3500921409
Operator
AVALANCHE OIL & GAS LLC
County
Beckham

Drilling permits

Oklahoma files 3 applications to drill this well, naming 8 target formations. A permit records what an operator asked to do, not what it did. A target formation is where the operator aimed, and the hole may have missed it, stopped short of it or never been drilled.

Filed 2004-07-14

WRADR
Permit API
35009214090000
Operator
CHESAPEAKE OPERATING LLC
Well type
GAS
Approved
2004-07-14
Expires
2005-01-14
Proposed depth
18,625 ft
Surface casing
350 ft
Ground elevation
2,185 ft

Target formations

FormationExpected top (ft)
PERMIAN LOW (CHASE GP, BROWN DOLO)1
VIRGIL8,181
GRANITE WASH UP (MISSOURIAN)10,501
GRANITE WASH LOW (DES MOINES)12,406
ATOKA14,221
MORROW-SPRINGER16,894

An expected top is the depth the operator predicted before drilling, on the application it filed with Oklahoma. It is not a measurement of where the formation was found.

Filed 2005-10-21

WRARC
Permit API
35009214090001
Operator
CHESAPEAKE OPERATING LLC
Well type
GAS
Approved
2005-10-21
Expires
2006-04-21
Proposed depth
18,625 ft
Surface casing
405 ft
Ground elevation
2,185 ft

Target formation

FormationExpected top (ft)
ATOKA14,250

An expected top is the depth the operator predicted before drilling, on the application it filed with Oklahoma. It is not a measurement of where the formation was found.

Filed 2008-04-01

WRARCStraight hole
Permit API
35009214090002
Operator
CHESAPEAKE OPERATING LLC
Well type
GAS
Approved
2008-04-01
Expires
2008-10-01
Proposed depth
18,625 ft
Surface casing
405 ft
Ground elevation
2,185 ft

Target formation

FormationExpected top (ft)
MORROW-SPRINGER16,538

An expected top is the depth the operator predicted before drilling, on the application it filed with Oklahoma. It is not a measurement of where the formation was found.

Location

35.376060, -99.979440

35.37606, -99.97944 · Surface location as filed with Oklahoma

Every well in Beckham County, Oklahoma

Oklahoma state record, from OK_wells_rbdms-wells.parquet. Corpus built 2026-09-11.