WELL · 42-159-30241 · DISTRICT 6

Briley Ray #1

Plugged

Franklin County · Talco West (Paluxy) field  · Vertical

Briley Ray #1 (API 42-159-30241) is a plugged well in Franklin County, plugged October 17, 2012, last operated by Taubert & Steed.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 16, 1980, permitted to 5,000 ft.

Its 2 leases have reported 159K barrels of oil and 48 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 25 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Taubert & Steed

Based in
Wichita Falls, TX
P-5 status
Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed
Oct 31, 2000
Permits on file
129
Phone
(940) 723-2746

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleTaubert & Steed
Production reportsArcadia Operating, LLCthrough Feb 2025
Latest permitTaubert & SteedMay 16, 1980

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

5,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 16, 1980
last permit issued
Oct 25, 1980
completed
159K
cumulative oil, bbl
48
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 25, 1980
Shut in
—
Plugged
Oct 17, 2012

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 25 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Hagansport Unit O-6-10491TalcoArcadia Operating, LLC21156K34Jan 1993 – Jul 2026
Briley, Ray O-6-10603TalcoOto, Co.42.75K14Jan 1993 – Jul 1995

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 1,449(-100%)

0200400202420252026

Chain of custody

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

  1. 1Colorado Bluebonnet Energy Corp.Jan 1993 → May 1993
  2. 2Oto, Co.Jun 1993 → Sep 1996
  3. 3Texeast Operating Co., Inc.Oct 1996 → Feb 1998
  4. 4RGP ProductionAug 1998 → Dec 1998
  5. 5Gulftex Operating IncJan 1999 → May 2008
  6. 6Arcadia Expl. & Prod. CompanyJun 2008 → Dec 2010
  7. 7Arcadia Operating, LLCJan 2011 → Feb 2025

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
82056-99DrillTaubert & SteedMay 16, 1980May 16, 1980Sep 25, 19805,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-6-10491————
—— O-6-10603————

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,3004,305Perforated
4,3224,327Perforated
—4,327Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62524812.25250 S
2.3754,280——
5.54,5087.875225 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Jun 16, 1995Feb 28, 1989—
00Apr 13, 1989Feb 28, 1989—
00Jan 12, 1984Nov 24, 1980—
00Jan 12, 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 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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