TEXAS · WELLS · DIMMIT COUNTY · MORO CREEK LEASE · API 42-127-35270 · DISTRICT 01
Moro Creek #2306H
Dimmit County · Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) field · Producing · Horizontal
Moro Creek #2306H (API 42-127-35270) is a horizontal well in Dimmit County operated by Protege Energy Iii LLC, completed August 28, 2013 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 10, 2013, permitted to 7,131 ft.
It was permitted by Newfield Exploration Company and has since transferred to Protege Energy Iii LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Olmos, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford.
Its lease has reported 4.24M barrels of oil and 17.4M mcf of gas since March 2011, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 32 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Newfield Exploration Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 25, 2025
- Permits on file
- 63
- Phone
- (713) 337-9300
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Protege Energy III LLC |
| Production reports | Verdun Oil & Gas LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Newfield Exploration CompanyJan 10, 2013 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,131
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 10, 2013
- last permit issued
- Aug 28, 2013
- completed
- 4.24M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 17.4M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2011 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 28, 2013
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 32 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moro Creek O-1-15370 | Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | 32 | 4.24M | 17.4M | Mar 2011 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 774,730 · prior 12 493,698(+57%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 118,158 · prior 12 59,367(+99%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Newfield Exploration CompanyMay 2011 → Sep 2016
- 2Protege Energy III LLCOct 2016 → Sep 2024
- 3Verdun Oil & Gas LLCOct 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 754253-98 | Drill | Newfield Exploration Company | Apr 30, 2013 | Jan 10, 2013 | Feb 7, 2013 | 7,500 |
| 754253-99 | Drill | Newfield Exploration Company | Jan 8, 2013 | Jan 10, 2013 | Feb 7, 2013 | 7,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2013 | Moro Creek O-1-15370 | Briscoe Ranch (Eagleford) | Protege Energy III LLC | Producing | 7,131 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 566 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 3,619 | -3,053 |
| Austin Chalk | 5,621 | -5,055 |
| Eagle FordLOWER EAGLE FORD | 6,526 | -5,960 |
| Eagle FordUPPER EAGLE FORD | 6,737 | -6,171 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,152 | 16,842 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,388 | 12.25 | 438 S |
| 5.5 | 16,988 | 8.75 | 3,320 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dec 19, 2013 | Oct 18, 2013 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Jun 16, 2016. Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESISTIVITYSpans Olmos, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford | TIFF | 1,391 to 16,958 | Jun 16, 2016run Jun 10, 2013 | 1.86 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-127-35270 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-127-35270 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it.
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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