WELL · 42-039-30583 · DISTRICT 3
Belcher W. T. -A- #42
Brazoria County · Manvel (FB-III Oligocene Seg A) field · Vertical
Belcher W. T. -A- #42 (API 42-039-30583) is a plugged well in Brazoria County, plugged September 7, 1999, last operated by Denbury Onshore LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 31, 1986, permitted to 6,200 ft.
It was permitted by Texaco Inc. and has since transferred to Denbury Onshore LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 153K barrels of oil and 299K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texaco Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Spring, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 30, 2025
- Permits on file
- 789
- Phone
- (866) 831-3235
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Denbury Onshore LLC |
| Production reports | Denbury Onshore, LLCthrough Oct 2021 |
| Latest permit | Texaco Inc.Dec 31, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 31, 1986
- last permit issued
- Mar 10, 1987
- completed
- 153K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 299K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 10, 1987
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 7, 1999
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 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belcher, W. T. -A- O-3-10796 | Manvel (FB-III, Oligocene Seg A) | Denbury Onshore, LLC | 7 | 153K | 299K | 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.
- 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 1994
- 2North Central Oil Corp.Dec 1994 → Dec 2005
- 3Pogo Producing CompanyJan 2006 → Mar 2007
- 4Texcal Energy (GP) LLCApr 2007 → Apr 2010
- 5Energyquest II, LLCMay 2010 → Sep 2012
- 6Argent Energy (US) Holdings Inc.Oct 2012 → Apr 2015
- 7Denbury Onshore, LLCMay 2015 → Oct 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324811-99 | Recompletion | Texaco Inc. | Dec 29, 1986 | Dec 31, 1986 | — | 6,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-10796 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,306 | 5,318 | Perforated |
| — | 5,401 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 761 | 15 | 425 S |
| 2.875 | 5,303 | — | — |
| 7 | 6,195 | 9.875 | 425 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 | Apr 13, 1987 | Mar 26, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 25, 1975 | — |
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 42-039-30583 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-039-30583 → 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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