WELL · 42-123-31983 · DISTRICT 2

Kuester #1

Plugged

DE Witt County · Terryville W. (Yegua 5200) field  · Vertical

Kuester #1 (API 42-123-31983) is a plugged well in De Witt County, plugged January 4, 2012, last operated by Crawford Hughes Operating CO..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 15, 2004, permitted to 6,000 ft.

It was permitted by Crawford Energy Operating CO and has since transferred to Crawford Hughes Operating CO. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Yegua, 5200' Sand.

Operator of record

Crawford Hughes Operating Co.

Permitted by Crawford Energy Operating Co; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
The Woodlands, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Jul 1, 2025
Permits on file
18
Phone
(713) 626-2637

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleCrawford Hughes Operating Co.
Production reportsCrawford Hughes Operating Co.through Mar 2009
Latest permitCrawford Energy Operating CoJul 15, 2004

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

6,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jul 15, 2004
last permit issued
Sep 2, 2004
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
137K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 2004 THROUGH Mar 2016

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Sep 2, 2004
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jan 4, 2012

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Kuester G-2-207488Terryville, W. (Yegua 5200)Crawford Hughes Operating Co.10137KSep 2004 – Mar 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.

  1. 1Crawford Energy Operating CoSep 2004 → Aug 2008
  2. 2Crawford Hughes Operating Co.Sep 2008 → Mar 2009

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
548293-99DrillCrawford Energy Operating CoJul 15, 2004Jul 15, 2004Aug 19, 20046,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-2-207488————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 242 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
YeguaYEGUA 14,520-4,278
YeguaYEGUA 24,660-4,418
5200' Sand4,941-4,699

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,2815,284Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62554712.25420 S
2.8755,5007.875—

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
00Jun 22, 2005Oct 13, 2004—
00Jun 21, 2005Oct 20, 2004Yes
00Apr 12, 2005——

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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