WELL · 42-089-30517 · DISTRICT 3

Rau Charles #5

Colorado County · Garwood (Wilcox 8600) field · Vertical

Rau Charles #5 (API 42-089-30517) is a permitted well in Colorado County filed by Mitchell Energy Corporation; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 30, 1979, permitted to 9,900 ft.

Operator of record

Mitchell Energy Corporation

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Jul 18, 2000
Permits on file: 4,224
Phone: (713) 377-5818

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Mitchell Energy Corporation
Production reports	Mountain V Texas, LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Mitchell Energy CorporationMay 30, 1979

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

9,900: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
May 30, 1979: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
754K: 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

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Rau, Charles G-3-87146	Garwood (Wilcox 8500)	Mountain V Texas, LLC	1	0	754K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 7,442 · prior 12 8,153(-9%)

Chain of custody

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

1Mitchell Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Jan 1995
2Shana Petroleum CompanyFeb 1995 → Apr 2002
3Neg Operating LLCMay 2002 → Mar 2008
4Sandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCApr 2008 → Jun 2014
5Fieldwood Onshore LLCJul 2014 → May 2016
6TMR Exploration, Inc.Jun 2016 → Aug 2025
7Mountain V Texas, LLCNov 2025 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
49768-99	Recompletion	Mitchell Energy Corporation	May 30, 1979	May 30, 1979	—	9,900

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-87146	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,624	8,636	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	1,077	14.75	580 S
2.375	8,461	—	—
5.5	9,888	8.75	700 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	Apr 21, 1980	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Dec 9, 1976	—

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 42-089-30517 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-089-30517 → 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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