WELL · 42-041-31904 · DISTRICT 3
Bee Creek #1
Brazos County · Kurten (Buda) field · Shut IN · Horizontal
Bee Creek #1 (API 42-041-31904) is a horizontal well in Brazos County operated by Wildfire Energy Operating LLC, completed September 20, 1997 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 30, 1997, permitted to 7,975 ft.
It was permitted by Keystone Exploration, Inc and has since transferred to Wildfire Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Eagle Ford, False Buda, Buda, Georgetown.
Its lease has reported 50K barrels of oil and 2.5K mcf of gas since July 1997, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Keystone Exploration, Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · 171 permits on file · (713) 261-3871
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Hawkwood Energy Operating, LLCthrough Nov 2019 |
| Latest permit | Keystone Exploration, IncMay 30, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,975
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 30, 1997
- last permit issued
- Sep 20, 1997
- completed
- 50K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1997 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 20, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bee Creek O-3-23586 | Kurten (Buda) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 50K | 2.5K | Jul 1997 – 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.
- 1Keystone Exploration, IncJul 1997 → Dec 1997
- 2United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jan 1998 → Dec 1998
- 3WCS Oil and Gas CorporationJan 1999 → Apr 2005
- 4WCS Oil & Gas CorporationMay 2005 → Mar 2012
- 5Weber Energy CorporationApr 2012 → Nov 2012
- 6Halcon Operating Co., Inc.Dec 2012 → Feb 2017
- 7Hawkwood Energy Operating, LLCMar 2017 → Nov 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 463119-99 | Drill | Keystone Exploration, Inc | May 30, 1997 | May 30, 1997 | May 31, 1997 | 7,975 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-23586 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 386 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD | 7,160 | -6,774 |
| False Buda | 7,655 | -7,269 |
| Buda | 7,690 | -7,304 |
| Georgetown | 7,815 | -7,429 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,757 | 11,083 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,204 | 12.25 | 940 S |
| 5.5 | 7,757 | 7.875 | 300 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 16, 1999 | Oct 9, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 4, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-041-31904 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-041-31904 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/04131904, documented in the API reference.