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Bess RE Unit #1

Shut in

Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Producing  · Horizontal · Sidetrack

Bess RE Unit #1 (API 42-149-31711) is a horizontal well in Fayette County operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, completed October 14, 1996 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2025.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1984 and 1996, permitted to 13,609 ft.

It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Midway, Navarro, Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.

Its 3 leases have reported 132K barrels of oil and 1.15M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC

Permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
May 6, 2026
Permits on file
617
Phone
(713) 842-9050
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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleMagnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Production reportsMagnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitUnion Pacific Resources CompanyAug 5, 1996

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

13,609
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Aug 5, 1996
last permit issued
Oct 14, 1996
completed
132K
cumulative oil, bbl
1.15M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 1996 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 14, 1996
Shut in
Jun 1, 2025
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Bess RE Unit O-3-23135Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC1132K1.15MOct 1996 – Apr 2026
— O-3-17485——000—
Bess O-3-20680Mickey-K (Wilcox)Union Pacific Resources Company100Jan 1993 – —

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 1,601 · prior 12 2,022(-21%)

01K2K3K202420252026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1(-100%)

050100150202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyOct 1996 → Jan 2001
  2. 2Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
  3. 3Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Jul 2007
  4. 4Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Aug 2007 → Jul 2018
  5. 5Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCAug 2018 → Dec 2024

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
450007-99Recompletion · sidetrackUnion Pacific Resources CompanyJul 3, 1996Aug 5, 1996Sep 6, 199611,450
370180-99RecompletionGeosouthern Energy CorporationFeb 23, 1990Feb 26, 1990—5,400
226252-99DrillGeosouthern Energy CorporationJan 9, 1984Jan 11, 1984—12,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 14, 1996Bess RE Unit O-3-23135Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCProducing · shut in Jun 1, 202513,609
Feb 16, 1990Bess O-3-20680Mickey-K (Wilcox)Union Pacific Resources CompanyNot on Schedule—
Mar 15, 1984Bess O-3-17485Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)Geosouthern Energy CorporationNot on Schedule—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 427 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Midway7,400-6,973
Navarro8,214-7,787
Pecan Gap9,702-9,275
Austin Chalk10,342-9,915
Eagle FordEAGLEFORD11,024-10,597

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,2925,296Perforated
10,61213,609Perforated
10,66511,756Perforated
11,01810,358Perforated
11,26013,008Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6253,51212.083620 S
9.6253,51212.25620 sx
5.511,1858.5825 sx

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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 3, 1997Jan 3, 1997Yes
00Feb 10, 1997——
00Jun 6, 1990Apr 12, 1990Yes
00May 10, 1990——
00May 23, 1984Apr 23, 1984—
00May 1, 1984Apr 23, 1984—
00Apr 25, 1984Apr 23, 1984—

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 filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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