WELL · 42-123-30965 · DISTRICT 2
Buehrig #4D
DE Witt County · Cottonwood Creek South field · Vertical
Buehrig #4D (API 42-123-30965) is a plugged well in De Witt County, plugged March 9, 1998, last operated by R & S Oil Production CO..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 22, 1979, permitted to 3,700 ft.
It was permitted by Cox, Edwin L. and has since transferred to R & S Oil Production CO. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 169K barrels of oil and 70K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cox, Edwin L.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Luling, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 4, 2026 · 24 permits on file · (830) 263-0532
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | R & S Oil Production Co. |
| Production reports | R & S Oil Production Co.through Jul 2013 |
| Latest permit | Cox, Edwin L.Feb 22, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,700
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 22, 1979
- last permit issued
- Mar 31, 1979
- completed
- 169K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 70K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 31, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 9, 1998
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buehrig O-2-375 | Cottonwood Creek, South | R & S Oil Production Co. | 4 | 169K | 70K | 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.
- 1Thunderbird Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 2000
- 2R & S Oil Production Co.Oct 2012 → Jul 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42953-99 | Drill | Cox, Edwin L. | Feb 22, 1979 | Feb 22, 1979 | Feb 27, 1995 | 3,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-375 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,323 | 3,511 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 527 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 5.5 | 3,709 | 7.875 | 580 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 | May 2, 1979 | — |
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 42-123-30965 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-123-30965 → 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
- 682K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 5.09M
- bbl, all reported
- Apr 1998
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000001597 | W-14 Disposal | Plugged Mar 31, 1998 | 3,000 | 1,000 | 3,323–3,511 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 681,836 · prior 12 641,836(+6%)
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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