TEXAS · WELLS · BURLESON COUNTY · BIRCH CREEK LEASE · API 42-051-30808 · DISTRICT 03
Birch Creek #1
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Buda) · Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Birch Creek #1 (API 42-051-30808) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged January 20, 1994, last operated by Sage Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 13, 1980, permitted to 10,000 ft.
Its lease has reported 12 barrels of oil and 1 mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 5, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,060
- Phone
- (210) 404-2828
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sage Energy Company |
| Production reports | Sage Energy Companythrough Nov 1993 |
| Latest permit | Sage Energy CompanyJun 13, 1980 |
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 13, 1980
- last permit issued
- Oct 27, 1980
- completed
- 12
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · NOV 1993 THROUGH NOV 1993
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 27, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 20, 1994
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Creek O-3-13462 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Sage Energy Company | 1 | 12 | 1 | by Jan 1993 – Nov 1993 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Birch Creek
Sage Energy Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Burleson County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Sage Energy CompanyNov 1993 → Nov 1993
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83901-99 | Drill | Sage Energy Company | Jun 13, 1980 | Jun 13, 1980 | — | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 1980 | Birch Creek O-3-13462 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Sage Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,185 | 9,296 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 3,854 | 12.25 | 1,400 S |
| 2.375 | 9,065 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 9,373 | 7.875 | 350 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 | Nov 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 42-051-30808 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-30808 → 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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