TEXAS · WELLS · BURLESON COUNTY · MORTON "A" LEASE · API 42-051-30692 · DISTRICT 03
Morton A #1
Burleson County · Noack Cow Herd (3460) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Noack Cow Herd (3460) · Willard (Navarro)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Morton A #1 (API 42-051-30692) is a well in Burleson County operated by Ernest Operating Company, completed June 2, 1980 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 31, 1980, permitted to 3,405 ft.
It was permitted by Hollub, Lambert Drilling Company and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 12.8K barrels of oil and 6.56K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Hollub, Lambert Drilling Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Rockdale, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 24, 2026
- Permits on file
- 32
- Phone
- (512) 446-3855
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ernest Operating Company |
| Production reports | Ernest Operating Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Hollub, Lambert Drilling CompanyMar 31, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,405
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 31, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jun 2, 1980
- completed
- 12.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 6.56K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 2, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton "A" O-3-12991 | Noack Cow Herd (3460) | Ernest Operating Company | 1 | 12.8K | 6.56K | Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 241 · prior 12 181(+33%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Crescent Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1994
- 2Keesee, H. K.Mar 1994 → Apr 1994
- 3Ernest Operating CompanyMay 1994 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76736-99 | Drill | Hollub, Lambert Drilling Company | Mar 31, 1980 | Mar 31, 1980 | — | 3,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1980 | Morton A O-3-12991 | Noack Cow Herd (3460) | Ernest Operating Company | Producing | 3,405 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,295 | 3,305 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 152 | 12.25 | 175 S |
| 2.375 | 3,160 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,340 | 7.875 | 650 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 10, 1980 | — |
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 42-051-30692 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-30692 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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