WELL · 42-023-30817 · DISTRICT 9
Motl Robert #4
Baylor County · Baylor County Regular field · Vertical
Motl Robert #4 (API 42-023-30817) is a plugged well in Baylor County, plugged December 17, 2020, last operated by Bep Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 6, 1982, permitted to 1,700 ft.
It was permitted by Belco Oil Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Bep Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 5.66K barrels of oil and 19 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Belco Oil Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Pearland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · (713) 269-4969
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bep Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Bep Operating, LLCthrough Nov 2015 |
| Latest permit | Belco Oil Company, Inc.Apr 6, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 6, 1982
- last permit issued
- Jan 29, 1983
- completed
- 5.66K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 19
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 29, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 17, 2020
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motl, Robert O-13-22782 | Baylor County Regular | Bep Operating, LLC | 4 | 5.66K | 19 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Republic of Texas Oil & Gas Co.Jan 1993 → Jun 1993
- 2Grimes Energy CompanyJul 1993 → Jul 1996
- 3Bitter Creek Petroleum Co.Aug 1998 → Dec 2000
- 4The Tara Co.Jan 2001 → Jan 2003
- 5Jag Oil & GasOct 2003 → Mar 2009
- 6Ayres, C. D.Apr 2009 → Dec 2013
- 7Bep Operating, LLCMay 2014 → Nov 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155687-99 | Drill | Belco Oil Company, Inc. | Apr 6, 1982 | Apr 6, 1982 | — | 1,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-13-22782 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,501 | 1,523 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 1,501 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 1,570 | 6.5 | 325 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 | Feb 16, 1982 | — |
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 42-023-30817 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-023-30817 → 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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