WELL · 42-041-31864 · DISTRICT 3
Payne-Browning #1
Brazos County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Horizontal
Payne-Browning #1 (API 42-041-31864) is a plugged horizontal well in Brazos County, plugged December 7, 2021, last operated by Vess Oil Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 14, 1995, permitted to 8,200 ft.
It was permitted by Cody Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Vess Oil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 14 barrels of oil since July 1995, last reporting in January 2022.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cody Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 79 permits on file · (979) 220-0348
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Vess Oil Corporation |
| Production reports | Cody Energy, Inc.through Dec 1995 |
| Latest permit | Cody Energy, Inc.Jun 14, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 14, 1995
- last permit issued
- Sep 19, 1995
- completed
- 14
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1995 THROUGH Jan 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 19, 1995
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 7, 2021
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payne-Browning O-3-22838 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Vess Oil Corporation | 1 | 14 | 0 | Jul 1995 – Jan 2022 |
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.
- 1Cody Energy, Inc.Jul 1995 → Dec 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 436859-99 | Drill | Cody Energy, Inc. | Jun 14, 1995 | Jun 14, 1995 | Jun 23, 1995 | 8,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-22838 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 302 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 7,754 | -7,452 |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,030 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 7 | 7,836 | 8.75 | 1,050 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, 1996 | Oct 16, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 12, 1995 | — | — |
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 42-041-31864 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-041-31864 → 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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