WELL · 42-071-31176 · DISTRICT 3

RFR Tract 246 #181

Rfr Tract 246 #181 (API 42-071-31176) is a permitted well in Chambers County filed by Galveston Bay Operating CO LLC; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 4 drilling permits (amended twice) between 1981 and 2018, permitted to 12,000 ft.

Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Frio, Caprock, Catahoula, Miocene (undifferentiated).

Operator of record

Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 5 permits on file · (828) 817-7260

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Galveston Bay Operating Co LLCthrough Jun 2018
Latest permit	Galveston Bay Operating Co LLCSep 14, 2018

12,000: total depth, ft
6: permits on file
Sep 14, 2018: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
715K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

Surface location

29.530292, -94.849380

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Chambers County.

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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
RFR Tract 246 G-3-97587	Red Fish Reef (FB B-1, Frio 10)	Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC	1	0	640K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026
RFR Tract 246 G-3-279835	Red Fish Reef (FB a-1, Frio 7)	Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC	1	0	75.3K	Sep 2015 – 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.

1Vintage Petroleum, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1994
2Masters Resources, L.L.C.Jun 2001 → Jan 2002
3Galveston Bay Energy, LLCAug 2015 → Apr 2017
4Galveston Bay Operating Co LLCDec 2017 → Jun 2018

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
844408-98	Recompletion	Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC	May 17, 2019	Sep 14, 2018	Dec 14, 2014	11,380
844408-99	Recompletion	Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC	Sep 6, 2018	Sep 14, 2018	—	11,380
408079-99	Recompletion	Vintage Petroleum, Inc.	Jan 13, 1993	Jan 13, 1993	Jan 9, 1993	11,380
146775-98	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Feb 26, 1987	Dec 22, 1981	—	11,380
146775-99	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Dec 22, 1981	Dec 22, 1981	—	12,000
111037-99	Drill	Exxon Corp.	Mar 6, 1981	Mar 6, 1981	Apr 29, 1981	12,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-97587	—	—	—	—
—	— G-3-279835	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 23 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
FrioFRIO-DISCORBIS - DISPOSAL	8,674	-8,651
FrioFRIO 10	10,088	-10,065
FrioFRIO 11A	10,280	-10,257
FrioFRIO 11B	10,312	-10,289
CaprockCAPROCK - DISPOSAL	—	—
CatahoulaCATAHOULA - DISPOSAL	—	—
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE - DISPOSAL	—	—
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE,LOWER-FRIO - DISPOSAL	—	—
Pliocene-Miocene - Disposal	—	—
Seabreeze - Disposal	—	—
WilcoxWILCOX - DISPOSAL	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
9,744	9,760	Perforated
10,151	10,213	Perforated
10,202	10,220	Perforated
10,271	10,290	Perforated
10,306	10,318	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	2,231	12.25	1,005 S
9.375	2,231	12.25	1,050 S
2.375	10,050	—	—
5.5	11,380	8.75	3,205 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Nov 7, 2019	May 17, 2019	—
Mar 8, 2019	Sep 17, 2018	—
May 9, 2016	Oct 19, 2015	—
Jun 1, 1994	Apr 14, 1994	—
Mar 10, 1993	Jan 29, 1993	—
Jan 12, 1984	Feb 5, 1982	—

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 42-071-31176 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-071-31176 → 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.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 4 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 4 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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State Tract 24642-071-32270

0.9 KM · Palace Operating Company · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)	7,160	-7,127
Frio	8,700	-8,667
Red Fish Reef (FB B-3, Frio 4)	9,400	-9,367
Red Fish Reef (Frio 10 B)	10,172	-10,139
Red Fish Reef (FB B-3, Frio 13)	10,494	-10,461

RFR Tract 24742-071-31824

2.0 KM · Tekoil and Gas Gulf Coast, LLC · Section with this well →

Frio	10,180	-10,161
Frio	10,211	-10,192
Frio	10,246	-10,227
Frio	10,293	-10,274
Frio	10,340	-10,321
Frio	10,397	-10,378

State Tract 7242-071-32331

12.7 KM · Torrent Oil LLC · Section with this well →

Frio	7,491	-7,481
F-11	8,557	-8,547
F-12	8,613	-8,603
F-14	8,777	-8,767
F-15	8,887	-8,877
Top Gyro K	12,105	-12,095

State Tract 11842-071-32518

14.8 KM · Torrent Oil LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)	4,090
Anahuac	5,174
Anuahac	5,174
Frio	5,827

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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