WELL · 42-163-32606 · DISTRICT 1
Booth Ranch #1
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Booth Ranch #1 (API 42-163-32606) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged November 15, 2018, last operated by Venado Operating Company LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 14, 1989, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Venado Operating Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Olmos, Anacacho, San Miguel, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 138 barrels of oil since January 1993, last reporting in July 2020.
Operator of record
Permitted by Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Austin, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 14, 2023 · 70 permits on file · (888) 973-7780
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Venado Operating Company LLC |
| Production reports | Cabot Oil & Gas Corporationthrough Jun 2017 |
| Latest permit | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc.Dec 14, 1989 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 14, 1989
- last permit issued
- Jan 25, 1990
- completed
- 138
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 25, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 15, 2018
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth Ranch O-1-12451 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Venado Operating Company LLC | 1 | 138 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2020 |
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.
- 1Cabot Oil & Gas CorporationJun 2017 → Jun 2017
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 367654-99 | Drill | Fossil Bay Petroleum, Inc. | Dec 14, 1989 | Dec 14, 1989 | — | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-12451 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 521 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 5,130 | -4,609 |
| Anacacho | 5,392 | -4,871 |
| San Miguel | 5,680 | -5,159 |
| Austin Chalk | 6,658 | -6,137 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,810 | 6,830 | Perforated |
| 6,900 | 8,200 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 583 | 14.25 | 500 S |
| 7 | 6,300 | — | — |
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 | Jun 8, 1990 | Mar 29, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 28, 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 42-163-32606 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32606 → 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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