WELL · 42-049-31880 · DISTRICT 7
Murdoch #1
Brown County · Jett (Duffer) field · Shut IN · Vertical
Murdoch #1 (API 42-049-31880) is a well in Brown County operated by Gerry-Mac Oil Inc., completed March 12, 1979 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 1, 1978, permitted to 3,500 ft.
It was permitted by Murdoch, K. E. and has since transferred to Gerry-Mac Oil Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 5.13K barrels of oil and 43.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Murdoch, K. E.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Graham, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 16 permits on file · (940) 550-8735
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Gerry-Mac Oil Inc. |
| Production reports | Gerry-Mac Oil, Inc.through Aug 2018 |
| Latest permit | Murdoch, K. E.Nov 1, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 1, 1978
- last permit issued
- Mar 12, 1979
- completed
- 5.13K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 43.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 12, 1979
- 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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murdoch O-8-14914 | Jett (Duffer) | Gerry-Mac Oil, Inc. | 2 | 5.13K | 43.3K | 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.
- 1G-3 OilJan 1993 → Jun 1993
- 2Gerry-Mac Oil, Inc.Jul 1993 → Aug 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36028-99 | Drill | Murdoch, K. E. | Nov 1, 1978 | Nov 1, 1978 | Feb 14, 1979 | 3,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-14914 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,170 | 3,180 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 330 | 11 | 270 S |
| 2.375 | 3,078 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,273 | 7.875 | 100 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 | Mar 26, 1979 | — |
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 42-049-31880 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-049-31880 → 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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