Oil & Gas 360º

APRIL 7, 2025

RRC figures show 1,072 new drills recorded during March (up 27.5%), including 818 oil wells, 246 gas wells and eight dry holes. This compares to 841 total new drills in February, including 682 oil wells, 142 gas wells and 17 dry holes. The figures a year ago included 689 oil wells, 183 gas wells and 19 dry holes.

Dry Hole 130

Dry Hole Basin Oil Gas 130

The Energy Law

JUNE 2, 2017

Justiss”) entered into a turnkey drilling contract to drill a deep oil well using intermediate casing purchased from Oil Country Tubular Co. The casing pipe was API certified to a particular pressure and one of the Defendants’ owners represented to Justiss that the pipe was fit for its intended use. Justiss Oil Company, Inc.

Casing 40

Casing Dry Hole Manufacturing Oil 40

The Energy Law

APRIL 30, 2020

The well was a dry hole, however, and was therefore plugged and abandoned on April 21, 2006. He pointed to owners having a cement truck waiting to fill the well as soon as drilling was completed as objective evidence of such an intent. A well was spud on March 28, 2006.

Operator 40

Operator Dry Hole Spud-in Abandonment 40