WELL · 42-055-33193 · DISTRICT 1
Blackwell Joe E. et AL #30
Caldwell County · Luling-Branyon field · Vertical
Blackwell Joe E. ET AL #30 (API 42-055-33193) is a plugged well in Caldwell County, plugged March 21, 1997, last operated by Ginco Operating CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 31, 1983, permitted to 1,800 ft.
It was permitted by Caldwell Oil & Gas CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Ginco Operating CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.53K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2003. The lease carries 33 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Caldwell Oil & Gas Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 4 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ginco Operating Co. |
| Production reports | Ginco Operating Co.through Oct 1995 |
| Latest permit | Caldwell Oil & Gas Co., Inc.May 31, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 31, 1983
- last permit issued
- Sep 17, 1983
- completed
- 1.53K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 17, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 21, 1997
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 33 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell, Joe E. et AL O-1-4462 | Luling-Branyon | Ginco Operating Co. | 33 | 1.53K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Aug 2003 |
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.
- 1Penrod Oil Company of Texas, IncJan 1993 → Sep 1994
- 2Mobile Production Systems, Inc.Oct 1994 → Oct 1994
- 3Ginco Operating Co.Feb 1995 → Oct 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196744-99 | Drill | Caldwell Oil & Gas Co., Inc. | May 31, 1983 | May 31, 1983 | — | 1,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-4462 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,378 | 1,444 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 1,330 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 1,551 | 6.75 | 310 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 | Sep 30, 1983 | — |
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 42-055-33193 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-055-33193 → 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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