WELL · 42-047-00838 · DISTRICT 4
Garcia de, Braulia 1 #16 U
Brooks County · Alta Mesa East (Miocene H-3) field · Vertical
Garcia De, Braulia 1 #16 U (API 42-047-00838) is a plugged well in Brooks County, plugged October 31, 1995, last operated by Standard Oil Company Of Texas.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 27, 1978, permitted to 4,050 ft.
It was permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc. and has since transferred to Standard Oil Company Of Texas on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 137K barrels of oil and 394 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 7 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Unknown, XX · P-5 Y
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Standard Oil Company of Texas |
| Production reports | Varas Energy Operating Company,through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Jun 27, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,050
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 27, 1978
- last permit issued
- Jun 1, 1962
- completed
- 137K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 394
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 1, 1962
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 31, 1995
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; they carry 7 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia 1 O-4-111 | Alta Mesa (Garcia Sand) | Varas Energy Operating Company, | 7 | 137K | 394 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,125 · prior 12 1,030(+9%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Cometra Oil and Gas, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1997
- 2Lomak Production CompanyMar 1997 → Aug 1998
- 3Range Production CompanySep 1998 → Oct 2008
- 4Mestena Operating, Ltd.Nov 2008 → Jun 2009
- 5Mestena Operating, L.L.C.Jul 2009 → Feb 2015
- 6Bluestone Natural Res. II, LLCMar 2015 → Dec 2019
- 7Blackbeard Operating, LLCJan 2020 → Nov 2020
- 8Hugoton Operating Company, Inc.Dec 2020 → Dec 2024
- 9Varas Energy Operating Company,Jan 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27442-99 | Recompletion | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Jun 27, 1978 | Jun 27, 1978 | — | 4,050 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-4-111 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-4-111 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,700 | 3,708 | Perforated |
| — | 2,844 | Perforated |
| — | 3,850 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 288 | — | — |
| 7 | 289 | 9.875 | — |
| 2.875 | 4,012 | 6.25 | 510 S |
| 2.375 | 4,028 | 6.25 | 510 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 | Aug 11, 1978 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 3, 1962 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 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 42-047-00838 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-047-00838 → 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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