WELL · 42-021-31121 · DISTRICT 3
Barker Ruth #1
Bastrop County · Serbin (Taylor Sand) field · NO Production · Vertical
Barker Ruth #1 (API 42-021-31121) is a well in Bastrop County operated by Skytop Oil & Gas, completed February 1, 1988 and listed as no production on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 23, 1987, permitted to 5,400 ft.
It was permitted by Amberton Exploration Company and has since transferred to Skytop Oil & Gas on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Navarro, Taylor.
Its lease has reported 8.08K barrels of oil and 23 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amberton Exploration Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Giddings, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · (979) 820-5721
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Skytop Oil & Gas |
| Production reports | Skytop Oil & Gasthrough Apr 2024 |
| Latest permit | Amberton Exploration CompanyNov 23, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 23, 1987
- last permit issued
- Feb 1, 1988
- completed
- 8.08K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 23
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 1, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barker, Ruth O-3-20004 | Serbin (Taylor Sand) | Skytop Oil & Gas | 1 | 8.08K | 23 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Dawson Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
- 2TDK Energy CorporationSep 1993 → Dec 1998
- 3Penrod Oil Company of Texas, IncMar 1994 → Jul 1995
- 4Mobile Production Systems, Inc.Oct 1994 → Oct 1994
- 5Skytop Oil & GasFeb 1999 → Apr 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338958-99 | Drill | Amberton Exploration Company | Nov 17, 1987 | Nov 23, 1987 | — | 5,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-20004 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 401 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,195 | 5,209 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 520 | 12.25 | 262 S |
| 4.5 | 5,355 | 7.875 | 1,015 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 | Mar 18, 1988 | Mar 7, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 12, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-021-31121 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-021-31121 → 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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