WELL · 42-055-31176 · DISTRICT 1
Brown Estate #16
Caldwell County · Buchanan field · Producing · Vertical
Brown Estate #16 (API 42-055-31176) is a well in Caldwell County operated by Gauge Oil Company, completed April 16, 1980 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 30, 1979, permitted to 2,350 ft.
It was permitted by Luloc Oil CO. and has since transferred to Gauge Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Serpentine, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 86.7K barrels of oil and 98K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 20 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Luloc Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Luling, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 3 permits on file · (830) 857-4592
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Gauge Oil Company |
| Production reports | Gauge Oil Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Luloc Oil Co.Mar 30, 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
- Mar 30, 1979
- last permit issued
- Apr 16, 1980
- completed
- 86.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 98K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 16, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 20 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Estate O-1-140 | Buchanan | Gauge Oil Company | 20 | 86.7K | 98K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,818 · prior 12 2,219(-18%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Luloc Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Sep 2001
- 2Matrix Producing CompanyOct 2001 → Feb 2005
- 3Gauge Oil CompanyMar 2005 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45470-99 | Drill | Luloc Oil Co. | Mar 30, 1979 | Mar 30, 1979 | Sep 7, 1979 | 2,350 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-140 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,803 | 2,250 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2,307 | 9.875 | 480 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 | Nov 12, 1987 | Oct 27, 1987 | — |
| 00 | Oct 30, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-055-31176 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-055-31176 → 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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