WELL · 42-055-31170 · DISTRICT 1
Bunch Joe A #4-A
Caldwell County · Luling-Branyon field · Vertical
Bunch Joe A #4-A (API 42-055-31170) is a well in Caldwell County operated by E & W Oil Inc., completed June 20, 1979.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 15, 1979, permitted to 2,350 ft.
It was permitted by Harter Oil CO. and has since transferred to E & W Oil Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 30.4K barrels of oil and 1.01K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 13 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Harter Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Seguin, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 29, 2025 · (512) 738-2603
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | E & W Oil Inc. |
| Production reports | Petroleum Recovery Systems, L.C.through Nov 2025 |
| Latest permit | Harter Oil Co.Feb 15, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,350
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 15, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jun 20, 1979
- completed
- 30.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.01K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 20, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 13 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunch, Joe "A" O-1-3461 | Luling-Branyon | E & W Oil, Inc. | 5 | 4.48K | 50 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Joe H. Bunch "AB" O-1-9083 | Luling-Branyon | Petroleum Recovery Systems, L.C. | 8 | 25.9K | 964 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 61 · prior 12 60(+2%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Hawk Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Aug 1994
- 2Kententex Energy GroupJan 1993 → Jan 1994
- 3Wagley International US Inc.Mar 1994 → Nov 1994
- 4Hardin, W.V. EstateSep 1994 → Feb 1997
- 5Cole, Frank W EngineeringJan 1995 → Jul 1995
- 6E-P Oil Co. Inc.Dec 1995 → Jul 1998
- 7Lif-Tex Oil Recovery, Inc.Apr 1997 → Nov 1997
- 8E & W Oil, Inc.Sep 2000 → Jan 2020
- 9Petroleum Recovery Systems, L.C.Jul 2024 → Nov 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42749-99 | Drill | Harter Oil Co. | Feb 15, 1979 | Feb 15, 1979 | — | 2,350 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-3461 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-9083 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,082 | 2,209 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.875 | 2,000 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 2,244 | 7.875 | 336 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Mar 10, 2008 | Jul 2, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 2, 1979 | — |
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 42-055-31170 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-055-31170 → scanned completion filings
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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