WELL · 42-051-33104 · DISTRICT 3

Willard-Key Unit #1

Y

Burleson County · Willard (Navarro) field · Producing  · Vertical

Willard-Key Unit #1 (API 42-051-33104) is a well in Burleson County operated by Ernest Operating Company, completed September 19, 1990 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 23, 1990, permitted to 3,550 ft.

It was permitted by Crescent Exploration Company and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Wilcox, Navarro.

Its lease has reported 10.7K barrels of oil and 168 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Ernest Operating Company

Permitted by Crescent Exploration Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Rockdale, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 32 permits on file · (512) 446-3855

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleErnest Operating Company
Production reportsErnest Operating Companythrough Apr 2026
Latest permitCrescent Exploration CompanyAug 23, 1990

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

3,550
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 23, 1990
last permit issued
Sep 19, 1990
completed
10.7K
cumulative oil, bbl
168
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 19, 1990
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: X

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Willard-Key Unit O-3-20796Willard (Navarro)Ernest Operating Company110.7K168Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 69 · prior 12 67(+3%)

0102030202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Crescent Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1994
  2. 2Keesee, H. K.Mar 1994 → Apr 1994
  3. 3Ernest Operating CompanyMay 1994 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
376987-99DrillCrescent Exploration CompanyAug 23, 1990Aug 23, 1990—3,550

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-20796————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 400 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxBASE OF WILCOX2,455-2,055
NavarroTOP OF NAVARRO A3,202-2,802
NavarroTOP OF NAVARRO B3,331-2,931

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,2143,267Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62516812.25100 S
4.53,4607.875585 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Nov 8, 1990Oct 18, 1990Yes
00Nov 1, 1990——

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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