TEXAS · WELLS · FAYETTE COUNTY · ESTHER LEASE · API 42-149-31511 · DISTRICT 03
Esther #1 H
Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Horizontal
Esther #1 H (API 42-149-31511) is a plugged horizontal well in Fayette County, plugged January 29, 2015, last operated by Geosouthern Energy Corporation.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1983 and 1992, permitted to 12,000 ft.
Its lease has reported 233 barrels of oil and 1.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Geosouthern Energy Corporation
- Based in
- The Woodlands, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 10, 2026
- Permits on file
- 453
- Phone
- (281) 363-9161
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Geosouthern Energy Corporation |
| Production reports | Geosouthern Energy Corporationthrough Jun 1994 |
| Latest permit | Geosouthern Energy CorporationDec 30, 1992 |
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 30, 1992
- last permit issued
- Jul 6, 1983
- completed
- 233
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1994
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 6, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 29, 2015
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esther O-3-16743 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Geosouthern Energy Corporation | 1 | 233 | 1.4K | Jan 1993 – Jun 1994 |
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.
- 1Geosouthern Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Jun 1994
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 407544-99 | Recompletion | Geosouthern Energy Corporation | Dec 22, 1992 | Dec 30, 1992 | — | 12,000 |
| 189833-99 | Drill | Geosouthern Energy Corporation | Mar 29, 1983 | Mar 29, 1983 | May 10, 1983 | 11,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 1983 | Esther O-3-16743 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Geosouthern Energy Corporation | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,167 | 10,438 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,500 | 12.25 | 1,545 S |
| 2.375 | 10,090 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 11,310 | 8.5 | 1,000 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 20, 1983 | — |
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 42-149-31511 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-149-31511 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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