TEXAS · WELLS · BURLESON COUNTY · MAASS, BESSIE LEASE · API 42-051-31981 · DISTRICT 03
Maass Bessie #1
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
Maass Bessie #1 (API 42-051-31981) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged January 4, 2012, last operated by Wildfire Energy Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 12, 1981, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Superior Oil Company, The and has since transferred to Wildfire Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford.
Its lease has reported 86.9K barrels of oil and 757K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Superior Oil Company, The; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 24, 2025
- Permits on file
- 171
- Phone
- (832) 558-0100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Wildfire Energy Operating LLCthrough Jan 2019 |
| Latest permit | Superior Oil Company, TheNov 12, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 12, 1981
- last permit issued
- May 11, 2011
- completed
- 86.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 757K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 11, 2011
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 4, 2012
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maass, Bessie O-3-15242 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 2 | 86.9K | 757K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2019 |
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.
- 1United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 1993
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyDec 1993 → Jan 2001
- 3Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
- 4Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Dec 2012
- 5Anadarko E&P Onshore LLCJan 2013 → Jun 2017
- 6Wildhorse Resources Mngt Co, LLCJul 2017 → Oct 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 140550-99 | Drill | Superior Oil Company, The | Nov 12, 1981 | Nov 12, 1981 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2011 | Maass Bessie O-3-15242 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 311 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Pecan Gap | 6,945 | -6,634 |
| Austin Chalk | 8,126 | -7,815 |
| Eagle Ford | 8,251 | -7,940 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,129 | 8,273 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 4,025 | 12.25 | 1,185 S |
| 2.875 | 7,944 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,364 | 8.75 | 300 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 28, 2013 | Nov 29, 2012 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 12, 1982 | — |
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 42-051-31981 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-31981 → 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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