WELL · 42-041-30536 · DISTRICT 3

Opersteny Unit #1

Plugged

Brazos County · Kurten (Woodbine) field · Vertical

Opersteny Unit #1 (API 42-041-30536) is a plugged well in Brazos County, plugged January 10, 1997, last operated by Ows Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 14, 1980, permitted to 8,635 ft.

It was permitted by Gulf Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Ows Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 4.75K barrels of oil and 8.03K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Ows Energy Inc.

Permitted by Gulf Oil Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Montgomery, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2006

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Ows Energy Inc.
Production reports	Ows Energy, Inc.through Jul 1996
Latest permit	Gulf Oil Corp.Aug 14, 1980

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

8,635: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Aug 14, 1980: last permit issued
Oct 11, 1980: completed
4.75K: cumulative oil, bbl
8.03K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 11, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jan 10, 1997

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
Opersteny Unit O-3-13520	Kurten (Woodbine)	Ows Energy, Inc.	1	4.75K	8.03K	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.

1Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1994
2Ows Energy, Inc.May 1994 → Jul 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
89847-99	Drill	Gulf Oil Corp.	Aug 14, 1980	Aug 14, 1980	Sep 1, 1980	8,635

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-13520	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,344	8,358	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	2,544	13.5	910 S
2.375	8,244	—	—
5.5	8,635	8.5	650 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	Nov 24, 1980	—

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 42-041-30536 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-041-30536 → 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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