WELL · 42-071-31751 · DISTRICT 3
Trinity Bay State Unit No. 1 #131
Chambers County · Trinity Bay (Frio 9) field · Vertical
Trinity Bay State Unit NO. 1 #131 (API 42-071-31751) is a plugged well in Chambers County, plugged April 13, 2025, last operated by Galveston Bay Operating CO LLC.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1985 and 1996, permitted to 8,900 ft.
It was permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Galveston Bay Operating CO LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Frio.
Its lease has reported 447K barrels of oil and 567K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 16 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC
Permitted by Vintage Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
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 | Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC |
| Production reports | Galveston Bay Operating Co LLCthrough Nov 2020 |
| Latest permit | Vintage Petroleum, Inc.May 3, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,900
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- May 3, 1996
- last permit issued
- May 10, 1996
- completed
- 447K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 567K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 10, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 13, 2025
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 16 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Bay State Unit No. 1 O-3-8004 | Trinity Bay (Frio 9) | Galveston Bay Operating Co LLC | 16 | 447K | 567K | 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.
- 1Vintage Petroleum, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2001
- 2Masters Resources, L.L.C.Jan 2002 → Sep 2006
- 3Tekoil and Gas Gulf Coast, LLCOct 2006 → Oct 2008
- 4Galveston Bay Energy, LLCJul 2009 → Apr 2017
- 5Galveston Bay Operating Co LLCMay 2017 → Nov 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447772-99 | Recompletion | Vintage Petroleum, Inc. | May 3, 1996 | May 3, 1996 | May 7, 1996 | 8,400 |
| 288334-99 | Drill | Exxon Corp. | Sep 23, 1985 | Oct 24, 1985 | — | 8,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-8004 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 23 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,576 | 7,588 | Perforated |
| 7,852 | 7,859 | Perforated |
| 7,859 | 7,862 | Perforated |
| 7,860 | 7,863 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 112 | — | — |
| 9.625 | 1,834 | 12.25 | 940 S |
| 5.5 | 8,398 | 8.75 | 380 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 | Sep 3, 1996 | Jul 5, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 1, 1987 | Mar 12, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 18, 1986 | Mar 12, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 5, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-071-31751 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-071-31751 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 0
- bbl, all reported
- —
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000111375 | H-1 Injection | Plugged Apr 28, 2025 | 1,500 | 2,700 | 7,576–7,863 |
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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