WELL · 42-157-30380 · DISTRICT 3
Sapp Charles #4
Fort Bend County · Big Creek field · Vertical
Sapp Charles #4 (API 42-157-30380) is a plugged well in Fort Bend County, plugged March 1, 2013, last operated by Big Creek Operating Company LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 15, 2001, permitted to 2,630 ft.
It was permitted by Property Development Group, Inc. and has since transferred to Big Creek Operating Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio.
Its lease has reported 6.61K barrels of oil and 95 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2013. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Big Creek Operating Company LLC
Permitted by Property Development Group, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 30, 2026
- Permits on file
- 11
- Phone
- (713) 807-1400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Big Creek Operating Company LLCthrough Jul 2010 |
| Latest permit | Property Development Group, Inc.Feb 15, 2001 |
- 2,630
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 15, 2001
- last permit issued
- Aug 21, 1984
- completed
- 6.61K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 95
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2013
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 21, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 1, 2013
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapp, Charles O-3-8493 | Big Creek | Big Creek Operating Company LLC | 2 | 6.61K | 95 | Jan 1993 – Dec 2013 |
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.
- 1Hollis Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Jan 1993
- 2Black Gold Operating Co., Inc.Feb 1993 → Feb 1993
- 3Clipper Operating Co., Inc.Mar 1993 → Nov 1996
- 4Karenco Energy, IncorporatedJan 1997 → Oct 1997
- 5Property Development Group, Inc.Nov 1997 → Jun 2003
- 6Oft Inc.Oct 2003 → Apr 2009
- 7Big Creek Operating Company LLCJun 2009 → Jul 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 505196-99 | Recompletion | Property Development Group, Inc. | Feb 12, 2001 | Feb 15, 2001 | — | 2,630 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1984 | Sapp Charles O-3-8493 | Big Creek | Big Creek Operating Company LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft |
|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE | 1 |
| Frio | 2,830 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,951 | 2,958 | Perforated |
| 3,148 | — | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 443 | 12.25 | 280 S |
| 2.375 | 2,834 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,315 | 7.875 | 710 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 | Oct 25, 1984 | Sep 19, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 23, 1976 | — |
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 42-157-30380 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-157-30380 → 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.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 2.56K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 9.98K
- bbl, all reported
- Jan 1993
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000052854 | W-14 Disposal | Plugged Jun 20, 2013 | 200 | 1,000 | 2,951–2,958 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 2,555 · prior 12 3,241(-21%)
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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