TEXAS · WELLS · FRIO COUNTY · BUERGER LEASE · API 42-163-31536 · DISTRICT 01
Buerger #1
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical
Buerger #1 (API 42-163-31536) is a plugged well in Frio County, plugged July 22, 1992, last operated by Mcday Energy Corp..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 26, 1977, permitted to 6,750 ft.
It was permitted by Tipperary Oil & Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Mcday Energy Corp. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 90.2K barrels of oil and 388K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2011. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Tipperary Oil & Gas Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Plano, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 2, 2026
- Permits on file
- 52
- Phone
- (214) 369-3818
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | McDay Energy Corp. |
| Production reports | McDay Energy Corp.through Feb 2003 |
| Latest permit | Tipperary Oil & Gas CorporationOct 26, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,750
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 26, 1977
- last permit issued
- Dec 22, 1977
- completed
- 90.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 388K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2011
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 22, 1977
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 22, 1992
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buerger O-1-5555 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | McDay Energy Corp. | 4 | 90.2K | 388K | Jan 1993 – Jan 2011 |
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.
- 1Southwest Oil & Land, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jan 1994
- 2McDay Energy Corp.Feb 1994 → Feb 2003
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10674-99 | Drill | Tipperary Oil & Gas Corporation | Oct 26, 1977 | Oct 26, 1977 | — | 6,750 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 1977 | Buerger O-1-5555 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | McDay Energy Corp. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,111 | 6,616 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 214 | 12.25 | 175 S |
| — | 3,164 | 7.875 | 650 S |
| 4.5 | 6,660 | 7.875 | 350 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 12, 1984 | Dec 30, 1977 | — |
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 42-163-31536 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-31536 → 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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