WELL · 42-049-32717 · DISTRICT 7
Bates #4
Brown County · Brown County Regular field · Vertical
Bates #4 (API 42-049-32717) is a well in Brown County operated by Bayou Operating Company Inc., completed May 7, 1981.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 20, 1981, permitted to 2,950 ft.
It was permitted by Show Petroleum Incorporated and has since transferred to Bayou Operating Company Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Caddo, Marble Falls.
Its 2 leases have reported 690 barrels of oil and 20.2K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Show Petroleum Incorporated; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 25, 2025
- Permits on file
- 37
- Phone
- (325) 668-0059
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bayou Operating Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Bayou Operating Company, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Show Petroleum IncorporatedMay 20, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,950
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 20, 1981
- last permit issued
- May 7, 1981
- completed
- 690
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 20.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 7, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates G-8-288662 | Brown County Regular | Bayou Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 2.19K | Mar 2020 – Jul 2026 |
| Bates O-8-17129 | Brown County Regular | Bayou Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 690 | 18K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 256 · prior 12 334(-23%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bayou Operating Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118812-99 | Drill | Show Petroleum Incorporated | May 20, 1981 | May 20, 1981 | Apr 3, 1981 | 2,950 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-8-288662 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-17129 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,629 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Caddo | 2,415 | -786 |
| Marble Falls | 2,817 | -1,188 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,867 | 2,879 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 270 | 11 | 105 S |
| 8.625 | 270 | 11.25 | 105 S |
| 2.375 | 2,850 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,880 | 7.875 | 150 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 | May 4, 2020 | Mar 23, 2020 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 21, 1981 | — |
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 42-049-32717 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-049-32717 → 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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