WELL · 42-021-30074 · DISTRICT 1

Ellis H.G. #1

Plugged

Bastrop County · EL Viejo (Serpentine) field · Vertical

Ellis H.G. #1 (API 42-021-30074) is a plugged well in Bastrop County, plugged April 16, 2018, last operated by Royal Texas Petroleum.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 28, 1977, permitted to 2,200 ft.

It was permitted by Rife, Frank WM., JR. and has since transferred to Royal Texas Petroleum on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 4.08K barrels of oil and 64 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 2018.

Operator of record

Royal Texas Petroleum

Permitted by Rife, Frank Wm., Jr.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Lago Vista, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 17 permits on file · (512) 267-3579

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Royal Texas Petroleum
Production reports	Royal Texas Petroleumthrough Jan 2018
Latest permit	Rife, Frank Wm., Jr.Jul 28, 1977

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

2,200: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Jul 28, 1977: last permit issued
Jun 12, 1978: completed
4.08K: cumulative oil, bbl
64: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2018

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jun 12, 1978
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 16, 2018

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
Ellis, H.G. O-1-6081	EL Viejo (Serpentine)	Royal Texas Petroleum	1	4.08K	64	Jan 1993 – Jun 2018

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.

1JKW Energy DivisionJul 1993 → May 1999
2R & S Oil Production Co.Jun 1999 → Sep 2002
3Royal Texas PetroleumJan 2003 → Jan 2018
4Cheatham, Joe R. Oil Co.Oct 2017 → Dec 2017

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
4127-99	Drill	Rife, Frank Wm., Jr.	Jul 28, 1977	Jul 28, 1977	Dec 15, 1977	2,200

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-6081	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
1,570	1,595	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
2.375	1,565	—	—
5.5	2,004	7.875	270 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	Dec 12, 1979	—

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 42-021-30074 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-021-30074 → 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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