WELL · 42-149-32156 · DISTRICT 3

Baron #1

Plugged

Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) field · Vertical

Baron #1 (API 42-149-32156) is a plugged well in Fayette County, plugged April 14, 2023, last operated by Young John H. Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 20, 1986, permitted to 13,300 ft.

It was permitted by Fenn, Bill Inc. and has since transferred to Young John H. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.

Operator of record

Young John H. Inc.

Permitted by Fenn, Bill Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 69 permits on file · (979) 242-5941

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Young John H. Inc.
Production reports	Swift Energy Companythrough Feb 1994
Latest permit	Fenn, Bill Inc.Feb 20, 1986

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

13,300: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Feb 20, 1986: last permit issued
Mar 24, 1986: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
34.1K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 24, 1986
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 14, 2023

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
Baron G-3-121024	Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)	Young, John H., Inc.	1	0	34.1K	Jan 1993 – Mar 2023

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.

1Swift Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1994

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
298150-99	Drill	Fenn, Bill Inc.	May 5, 1986	Feb 20, 1986	—	13,300

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-121024	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 415 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Pecan Gap	10,786	-10,371
Austin Chalk	11,324	-10,909

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
11,322	11,440	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	1,526	12.25	450 S
7	11,322	8.75	450 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	May 29, 1986	Apr 10, 1986	Yes
00	May 15, 1986	—	—

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 42-149-32156 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-149-32156 → 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.

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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