WELL · 42-049-33892 · DISTRICT 7

May #4

Plugged

Brown County · Locker (Duffer) field  · Vertical

May #4 (API 42-049-33892) is a plugged well in Brown County, plugged October 9, 1997, last operated by Bayou Operating Company Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 20, 1984, permitted to 3,100 ft.

It was permitted by Lentex Petroleum Industries, Inc and has since transferred to Bayou Operating Company Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Caddo, Marble Falls, Duffer.

Its lease has reported 147 barrels of oil and 8.14K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2008. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Bayou Operating Company Inc.

Permitted by Lentex Petroleum Industries, Inc; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 4, 2026 · 37 permits on file · (325) 668-0059

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleBayou Operating Company Inc.
Production reportsBayou Operating Company, Inc.through Sep 1997
Latest permitLentex Petroleum Industries, IncJan 20, 1984

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

3,100
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jan 20, 1984
last permit issued
Apr 4, 1984
completed
147
cumulative oil, bbl
8.14K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 4, 1984
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 9, 1997

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
May O-8-19781Locker (Duffer)Bayou Operating Company, Inc.21478.14KJan 1993 – Mar 2008

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.

  1. 1Bayou Operating Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 1997

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
226932-99DrillLentex Petroleum Industries, IncJan 18, 1984Jan 20, 1984Mar 21, 19843,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-8-19781————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,765 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
CaddoCADDO LIMESTONE2,350-585
Marble FallsLOWER MARBLE FALLS LIME2,890-1,125
DufferDUFFER LIMESTONE2,962-1,197

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
2,9712,976Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62525311115 sx
4.53,0427.875130 sx

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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jun 11, 1984May 14, 1984—
00Jun 1, 1984May 14, 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.

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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