WELL · 42-163-32596 · DISTRICT 1
Pals Ranch #4
Frio County · Horizontal
Pals Ranch #4 (API 42-163-32596) is a permitted horizontal well in Frio County filed by Sien Operating Company, LLC; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1989 and 2010, permitted to 7,700 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Olmos, Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 380K barrels of oil and 80.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in May 2023. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 11, 2022 · 5 permits on file · (210) 410-0273
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Sien Operating Company, LLCthrough Apr 2020 |
| Latest permit | Sien Operating Company, LLCNov 17, 2010 |
- 7,700
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 17, 2010
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 380K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 80.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2023
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pals Ranch O-1-12379 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Sien Operating Company, LLC | 4 | 380K | 80.4K | Jan 1993 – May 2023 |
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.
- 1Christico Petroleum CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 1995
- 2McEna Inc.May 1995 → Jul 1998
- 3Okla. Magic Circle Energy Corp.Aug 1998 → Nov 2001
- 4Ram Operating, Inc.Dec 2001 → Aug 2008
- 5Roc Operating, Inc.Sep 2008 → Oct 2008
- 6Ram Operating Company, Inc.Nov 2008 → May 2010
- 7Sien Operating Company, LLCJun 2010 → Apr 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 704926-99 | Recompletion | Sien Operating Company, LLC | Nov 8, 2010 | Nov 17, 2010 | — | 7,700 |
| 367024-99 | Drill | Christico Petroleum Company | Nov 29, 1989 | Nov 29, 1989 | Dec 16, 1989 | 7,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-12379 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 457 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 5,337 | -4,880 |
| Anacacho | 6,640 | -6,183 |
| Austin Chalk | 6,923 | -6,466 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,702 | 8,744 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 748 | 14.75 | 470 S |
| 7 | 6,702 | 9.875 | 470 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 | Feb 26, 1990 | Feb 7, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 22, 1990 | — | — |
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 42-163-32596 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32596 → 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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