WELL · 42-071-32602 · DISTRICT 3
Elm Bayou Unit #1
Chambers County · Fig Ridge North field · Vertical
Elm Bayou Unit #1 (API 42-071-32602) is a plugged well in Chambers County, plugged September 23, 2022, last operated by Houston Energy Operating L.P..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2015 and 2016, permitted to 10,500 ft.
Completion filings report 13 formation tops, including Caprock, Pliocene, Miocene (undifferentiated), Seabreeze - Disposal.
Its 2 leases have reported 87.7K barrels of oil and 55.5K mcf of gas since June 2015, last reporting in November 2022. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 5, 2020 · 20 permits on file · (713) 650-8008
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Houston Energy Operating L.P. |
| Production reports | Kaiser-Francis Oil Companythrough Aug 2022 |
| Latest permit | Houston Energy Operating, L.P.Jul 21, 2016 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 21, 2016
- last permit issued
- Jun 7, 2015
- completed
- 87.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 55.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2015 THROUGH Nov 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 7, 2015
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 23, 2022
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Bayou Unit O-3-27134 | Fig Ridge (Frio Third B) | Kaiser-Francis Oil Company | 1 | 87.7K | 55.5K | May 2016 – Nov 2022 |
| Elm Bayou Unit O-3-27133 | Fig Ridge, North | Houston Energy Operating, L.P. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jun 2015 – Oct 2016 |
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.
- 1Houston Energy Operating, L.P.May 2016 → May 2016
- 2Kaiser-Francis Oil CompanyJun 2016 → Aug 2022
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 817080-99 | Recompletion | Houston Energy Operating, L.P. | Jul 15, 2016 | Jul 21, 2016 | Apr 3, 2016 | 10,500 |
| 801820-99 | Drill | Houston Energy Operating, L.P. | Dec 16, 2014 | Jan 16, 2015 | Mar 7, 2015 | 10,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-27133 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-27134 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 18 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| CaprockCAPROCK - DISPOSAL | 1,000 | -982 |
| Pliocene | 1,060 | -1,042 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE - DISPOSAL | 1,100 | -1,082 |
| Seabreeze - Disposal | 1,400 | -1,382 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE | 1,690 | -1,672 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE,LOWER-FRIO - DISPOSAL | 2,150 | -2,132 |
| Catahoula | 2,180 | -2,162 |
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA - DISPOSAL | 2,300 | -2,282 |
| Pliocene-Miocene - Disposal | 3,050 | -3,032 |
| WilcoxWILCOX - DISPOSAL | 3,880 | -3,862 |
| FrioFRIO-DISCORBIS - DISPOSAL | 5,600 | -5,582 |
| Anahuac | 6,905 | -6,887 |
| Frio | 8,389 | -8,371 |
| TX MS 1 | 10,404 | -10,386 |
| TX MS 2 | 10,495 | -10,477 |
| Tex. Miss. 2 | 10,502 | -10,484 |
| TX MS 2 | 10,502 | -10,484 |
| Caprock | — | — |
| Sebreeze | — | — |
| Wilcox | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,388 | 8,408 | Perforated |
| 8,422 | 8,426 | Perforated |
| 10,508 | 10,523 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,810 | 14.75 | 1,230 S |
| 7.625 | 9,647 | 9.875 | 560 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 | Aug 13, 2018 | Jun 5, 2018 | — |
| 00 | Oct 20, 2016 | Aug 3, 2016 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 19, 2016 | Jul 15, 2016 | Yes |
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 42-071-32602 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-071-32602 → 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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