WELL · 42-041-30907 · DISTRICT 3
Bright Sky Ranch -A- #1
Brazos County · Kurten (Buda) field · Vertical
Bright Sky Ranch -A- #1 (API 42-041-30907) is a plugged well in Brazos County, plugged March 28, 2005, last operated by Union Pacific Resources Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 15, 1983, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Mcmurrey Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Union Pacific Resources Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its 4 leases have reported 159K barrels of oil and 138K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2020. The leases carry 10 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Union Pacific Resources Company
Permitted by McMurrey Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- May 2, 2000
- Permits on file
- 5,638
- Phone
- (817) 321-7424
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Union Pacific Resources Company |
| Production reports | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.through Jun 2016 |
| Latest permit | McMurrey Petroleum, Inc.Mar 15, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 15, 1983
- last permit issued
- Apr 15, 1983
- completed
- 159K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 138K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 15, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 28, 2005
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 4 leases this well is completed on; they carry 10 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribardo-Ribardo Unit O-3-19913 | Kurten (Buda) | Endeavor Energy Resources L.P. | 3 | 10.8K | 15.9K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2020 |
| Ribardo-Ribardo #2 O-3-24648 | Kurten (Buda) | Southwest Resources, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Feb 2005 – May 2005 |
| Bright Sky Ranch O-3-16490 | Kurten (Buda) | Southwest Resources, Inc. | 6 | 148K | 122K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2005 |
| — O-3-20938 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
- 1Omimex Petroleum, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2003
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyJan 1993 → May 1995
- 3Stephens, Autry C.Oct 1995 → Aug 2000
- 4Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.Sep 2000 → Jun 2016
- 5TC3 Energy Services CompanyJan 2004 → Jul 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188675-99 | Drill | McMurrey Petroleum, Inc. | Mar 15, 1983 | Mar 15, 1983 | Mar 20, 1983 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-16490 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-19913 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-20938 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-24648 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,100 | 8,160 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,859 | 12.25 | 1,275 S |
| 2.875 | 7,730 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,456 | 8.75 | 270 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 | Feb 7, 2005 | Apr 27, 1983 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 27, 1983 | — |
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 42-041-30907 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-041-30907 → 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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