WELL · 42-055-31417 · DISTRICT 1

Ellison Walter #1

Plugged

Caldwell County · Luling-Branyon field · Vertical

Ellison Walter #1 (API 42-055-31417) is a plugged well in Caldwell County, plugged October 29, 2020, last operated by Austin Operating LLC..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 1, 1980, permitted to 2,500 ft.

It was permitted by Loscuartos Amigos Oil Group and has since transferred to Austin Operating LLC. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 345 barrels of oil and 19 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Austin Operating LLC.

Permitted by Loscuartos Amigos Oil Group; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Chicago, IL · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Austin Operating LLC.
Production reports	Austin Operating, LLC.through Jul 1998
Latest permit	Loscuartos Amigos Oil GroupMay 1, 1980

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

2,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
May 1, 1980: last permit issued
Jun 18, 1980: completed
345: cumulative oil, bbl
19: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jun 18, 1980
Shut in: —
Plugged: Oct 29, 2020

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 →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Ellison, Walter O-1-6254	Luling-Branyon	Austin Operating, LLC.	1	345	19	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.

1LMN Oil and Gas, Inc.Feb 1993 → Mar 1997
2Lif-Tex Oil Recovery, Inc.May 1997 → Nov 1997
3Austin Operating, LLC.Jan 1998 → Jul 1998

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
80006-99	Drill	Loscuartos Amigos Oil Group	May 1, 1980	May 1, 1980	—	2,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-6254	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,006	2,132	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
2.375	2,000	—	—
4.5	2,320	7.875	415 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	Jan 12, 1984	Jun 26, 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 42-055-31417 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-055-31417 → 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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