WELL · 42-039-31905 · DISTRICT 3
Norton Estate #5
Brazoria County · Ralph Cantrell (Frio) field · Vertical
Norton Estate #5 (API 42-039-31905) is a plugged well in Brazoria County, plugged August 14, 2018, last operated by Martin William C..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 25, 1983, permitted to 4,600 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Het Lime, Frio.
Its lease has reported 7.23K barrels of oil and 15 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2020.
Operator of record
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 8, 2011 · 45 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Martin William C. |
| Production reports | Boling Production Company, Inc.through May 2016 |
| Latest permit | Martin, William C.May 25, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 25, 1983
- last permit issued
- Jan 3, 1984
- completed
- 7.23K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 15
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 3, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 14, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Estate O-3-18130 | Ralph Cantrell (Frio) | Boling Production Company, Inc. | 1 | 7.23K | 15 | Jan 1993 – Jan 2020 |
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.
- 1Martin, William C.Jan 1993 → Nov 1998
- 2Boling Production Company, Inc.Aug 2010 → May 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196266-99 | Drill | Martin, William C. | Mar 19, 1984 | May 25, 1983 | — | 4,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-18130 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 60 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE (LOWER) | 3,404 | -3,344 |
| Het Lime | 4,080 | -4,020 |
| Frio | 4,368 | -4,308 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,392 | 4,394 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 473 | 13.5 | 285 S |
| 5.5 | 4,546 | 8.75 | 1,190 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 9, 1985 | Nov 7, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Dec 13, 1984 | — | — |
| 00 | Apr 17, 1984 | Jan 18, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Apr 3, 1984 | Jan 18, 1984 | — |
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 42-039-31905 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-039-31905 → 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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