WELL · 42-157-31584 · DISTRICT 3
Brazos Farms #38
Fort Bend County · Sugarland field · Vertical
Brazos Farms #38 (API 42-157-31584) is a plugged well in Fort Bend County, plugged December 5, 2001, last operated by Atlas Oil & Gas Exploration LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 27, 1984, permitted to 4,210 ft.
It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Atlas Oil & Gas Exploration LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Frio, Caprock.
Its lease has reported 124K barrels of oil and 147K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in August 2003. The lease carries 29 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Atlas Oil & Gas Exploration LLC
Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Cedar Park, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 8, 2002 · 1 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Atlas Oil & Gas Exploration LLC |
| Production reports | Atlas Oil & Gas Exploration, LLCthrough Nov 2001 |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.Sep 27, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,210
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 27, 1984
- last permit issued
- Dec 5, 1990
- completed
- 124K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 147K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 5, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 5, 2001
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 29 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazos Farms O-3-4059 | Sugarland | Atlas Oil & Gas Exploration, LLC | 29 | 124K | 147K | Jan 1993 – Aug 2003 |
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.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 1998
- 2Atlas Oil & Gas Exploration, LLCApr 1998 → Nov 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 252850-99 | Drill | Exxon Corp. | Sep 26, 1984 | Sep 27, 1984 | Nov 19, 1984 | 4,210 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-4059 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 85 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,431 | 3,435 | Perforated |
| 3,454 | 3,479 | Perforated |
| 3,604 | 3,620 | Perforated |
| 3,631 | 3,636 | Perforated |
| 3,632 | 3,639 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 302 | 20 | 800 S |
| 10.75 | 1,646 | 14.75 | 1,295 S |
| 5.5 | 3,710 | 8.75 | 630 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 | Jan 24, 1991 | Dec 27, 1990 | — |
| 00 | Jul 5, 1990 | Jun 4, 1990 | — |
| 00 | Sep 3, 1986 | Aug 4, 1986 | — |
| 00 | Jul 29, 1986 | Jul 8, 1986 | — |
| 00 | Mar 19, 1985 | Jan 23, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Mar 16, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-157-31584 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-157-31584 → 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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