WELL · 42-161-30937 · DISTRICT 5
Minze Earl #1
Freestone County · Winkler S.(cotton Valley Lime) field · Producing · Vertical
Minze Earl #1 (API 42-161-30937) is a well in Freestone County operated by Hrb Operating Company Inc., completed October 8, 1984 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 22, 1984, permitted to 11,450 ft.
It was permitted by Getty Oil CO. and has since transferred to Hrb Operating Company Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak, Bossier.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Getty Oil Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Bridgeport, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- May 21, 2024
- Permits on file
- 3
- Phone
- (940) 683-4017
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | HRB Operating Company Inc. |
| Production reports | HRB Operating Company, Inc.through Jul 2025 |
| Latest permit | Getty Oil Co.Jun 22, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,450
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 22, 1984
- last permit issued
- Oct 8, 1984
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.4M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 8, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Delinquent (D)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minze, Earl G-5-113471 | Winkler, S.(cotton Valley Lime) | HRB Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 1.4M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 345 · prior 12 1,104(-69%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1993
- 2Killingsworth Oil Co.Jan 1994 → Mar 1996
- 3BRG Petroleum, Inc.Apr 1996 → Jun 1998
- 4Seagull Energy E&P Inc.Jul 1998 → Oct 2000
- 5Ocean Energy, Inc.Nov 2000 → Oct 2001
- 6HRB Operating Company, Inc.May 2002 → Jul 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242857-99 | Drill | Getty Oil Co. | Jun 21, 1984 | Jun 22, 1984 | Aug 23, 1984 | 11,450 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-5-113471 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 372 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rodessa | 6,645 | -6,273 |
| Pettit | 7,200 | -6,828 |
| Travis Peak | 7,375 | -7,003 |
| BossierBOSSIER SHALE | 10,230 | -9,858 |
| Cotton ValleyCOTTON VALLEY LIME | 10,750 | -10,378 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,852 | 10,860 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 60 | 17.5 | — |
| 8.625 | 1,535 | 12.25 | 640 S |
| 5.5 | 11,052 | 7.875 | 1,865 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 | Dec 6, 1984 | Nov 5, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Dec 4, 1984 | Oct 10, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-161-30937 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-161-30937 → 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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