WELL · 42-071-32135 · DISTRICT 3

Payne, R.V. #5

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Chambers County  · Vertical

Payne, R.V. #5 (API 42-071-32135) is a permitted well in Chambers County filed by Chroma Operating, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 6 drilling permits (amended twice) between 1998 and 2009, permitted to 9,100 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including F-15, F-15a, F-16, F-16a.

Its 5 leases have reported 140K barrels of oil and 354K mcf of gas since September 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Chroma Operating, Inc.

Washington, DC · P-5 Y, filed Jun 3, 2016 · 42 permits on file · (202) 454-1135

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsMinexprod LLCthrough Mar 2026
Latest permitChroma Operating, Inc.Feb 26, 2009
9,100
total depth, ft
8
permits on file
Feb 26, 2009
last permit issued
—
completed
140K
cumulative oil, bbl
354K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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 5 leases this well is completed on; they carry 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Payne, Russell V. O-3-22159Whites Bayou (F-16)Minexprod LLC2100K314KSep 1993 – Jul 2026
Payne, R. V. O-3-24027Whites Bayou (F-14)American Coastal Energy, Inc.100May 2001 – Jun 2005
Payne, R. V. O-3-24121Whites Bayou (F-15)American Coastal Energy, Inc.125.1K22KMay 2001 – Apr 2004
Payne, R. V. O-3-23669Whites Bayou (F-16)American Coastal Energy, Inc.114.8K8.66KJan 1999 – Sep 2001
Payne, Russell V. G-3-170997Whites Bayou (F-16A)American Coastal Energy, Inc.108.82KAug 1998 – Jun 1999

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 2,121 · prior 12 1,890(+12%)

0200400202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Headington Oil CompanySep 1993 → Apr 1998
  2. 2Gary Oil & GasMay 1998 → Sep 2000
  3. 3American Coastal Energy, Inc.Oct 1998 → Feb 2005
  4. 4Amorah, L.L.C.Mar 2005 → Jul 2005
  5. 5Chroma Operating, Inc.Sep 2005 → Mar 2009
  6. 6Minexprod LLCJun 2024 → Mar 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
678780-99RecompletionChroma Operating, Inc.Feb 20, 2009Feb 26, 2009—8,420
541783-99RecompletionAmerican Coastal Energy, Inc.Feb 6, 2004Feb 10, 2004Feb 10, 20049,050
516839-99Field transferAmerican Coastal Energy, Inc.Jan 15, 2002Jan 30, 2002Apr 27, 20018,240
492281-98RecompletionAmerican Coastal Energy, Inc.Aug 14, 2001Feb 23, 2000Apr 27, 20018,240
492281-99RecompletionAmerican Coastal Energy, Inc.Feb 22, 2000Feb 23, 2000—8,240
483717-98RecompletionAmerican Coastal Energy, Inc.May 25, 1999Apr 9, 1999Jan 28, 19999,050
483717-99RecompletionAmerican Coastal Energy, Inc.Apr 7, 1999Apr 9, 1999—9,050
477140-99DrillAmerican Coastal Energy, Inc.Jun 15, 1998Jun 30, 1998Jul 14, 19989,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-3-170997————
—— O-3-22159————
—— O-3-23669————
—— O-3-24027————
—— O-3-24121————

Formation tops

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

FormationMD ftSubsea
F-158,098-8,075
F-15A8,159-8,136
F-168,268-8,245
F-16A8,352-8,329

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,0558,059Perforated
8,2548,258Perforated
8,2698,274Perforated
8,3528,360Perforated
8,3668,370Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,02314.75798 S
7.6258,5009.875492 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00May 4, 2004Mar 15, 2004Yes
00Apr 14, 2004Jan 2, 2002—
00Mar 6, 2002Jan 2, 2002—
00Feb 25, 2002Aug 15, 2001Yes
00Sep 12, 2001Aug 15, 2001Yes
00Aug 23, 2001Mar 26, 1999Yes
00Sep 15, 1999Mar 26, 1999Yes
00Jun 2, 1999——
00Dec 18, 1998Nov 6, 1998Yes
00Dec 10, 1998——

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.

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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