TEXAS · WELLS · FAYETTE COUNTY · KERN TRUST LEASE · API 42-149-32556 · DISTRICT 03
Kern Trust #1 H
Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Shut In · Horizontal
Kern Trust #1 H (API 42-149-32556) is a horizontal well in Fayette County operated by Redbud E & P Inc., completed February 5, 1992 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2024.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 11, 1991, permitted to 10,544 ft.
It was permitted by Torch Operating Company and has since transferred to Redbud E & P Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 42.4K barrels of oil and 1.14M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2024.
Operator of record
Permitted by Torch Operating Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Giddings, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 9, 2026
- Permits on file
- 14
- Phone
- (979) 542-3085
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Redbud E & P Inc. |
| Production reports | Redbud E & P, Inc.through Apr 2024 |
| Latest permit | Torch Operating CompanyDec 11, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,544
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 11, 1991
- last permit issued
- Feb 5, 1992
- completed
- 42.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.14M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2024
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 5, 1992
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2024
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kern Trust O-3-21451 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Redbud E & P, Inc. | 1 | 42.4K | 1.14M | by Jan 1993 – Apr 2024 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Wells named Kern Trust
Redbud E & P Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Fayette County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Torch Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Jun 1996
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyJul 1996 → Jan 2001
- 3Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
- 4Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Jul 2007
- 5Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Aug 2007 → Jul 2017
- 6Crawford Hughes Operating Co.Sep 2017 → Jul 2019
- 7Ineos USA Oil & Gas LLCAug 2019 → Apr 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394930-99 | Drill | Torch Operating Company | Dec 11, 1991 | Dec 11, 1991 | Dec 14, 1991 | 13,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 1992 | Kern Trust O-3-21451 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Redbud E & P Inc. | Shut In · shut in Jun 1, 2024 | 10,544 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 360 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Pecan Gap | 9,635 | -9,275 |
| Austin Chalk | 10,052 | -9,692 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,299 | 13,325 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 3,020 | 12.25 | 1,600 S |
| 7 | 9,720 | 9.875 | 1,120 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 | Nov 3, 1995 | Sep 27, 1995 | — |
| 00 | May 21, 1992 | Mar 26, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 29, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-149-32556 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-149-32556 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/14932556, documented in the API reference.