WELL · 42-163-32618 · DISTRICT 1
Buerger Lena #7
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Buerger Lena #7 (API 42-163-32618) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged January 19, 2016, last operated by Hughes Dan A. Company L.P..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 11, 1990, permitted to 9,200 ft.
It was permitted by Oryx Energy Company and has since transferred to Hughes Dan A. Company L.P. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 37.5K barrels of oil and 1.27K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2022. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Oryx Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Beeville, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 25, 2026
- Permits on file
- 207
- Phone
- (361) 358-3752
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hughes Dan A. Company L.P. |
| Production reports | Stratco Operating Co., Inc.through Oct 2008 |
| Latest permit | Oryx Energy CompanyJan 11, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 11, 1990
- last permit issued
- Mar 22, 1990
- completed
- 37.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.27K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2022
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 22, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 19, 2016
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buerger, Lena O-1-5567 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Hughes, Dan A. Company, L.P. | 3 | 37.5K | 1.27K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2022 |
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.
- 1Oryx Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Dec 1993
- 2HPC Operating, Inc.Jan 1994 → May 1994
- 3Freedom Energy, Inc. (I)Jun 1994 → May 2001
- 4Tiza Energy, Inc.Dec 2003 → Jul 2004
- 5Mid Texas Natural GasJan 2005 → Mar 2005
- 6Stratco Operating Co., Inc.Jan 2008 → Oct 2008
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 368511-99 | Drill | Oryx Energy Company | Jan 11, 1990 | Jan 11, 1990 | Feb 1, 1990 | 9,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 1990 | Buerger Lena O-1-5567 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Hughes Dan A. Company L.P. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 602 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Anacacho | 5,747 | -5,145 |
| Austin ChalkTOP LOWER AUSTIN CHALK | 6,257 | -5,655 |
| Austin ChalkBASE AUSTIN CHALK/TOP | 6,492 | -5,890 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,038 | 8,812 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 720 | 17.5 | 560 S |
| 9.625 | 6,038 | 12.25 | 395 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 | Jun 8, 1990 | Apr 19, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 7, 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 42-163-32618 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32618 → 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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