WELL · 42-163-32766 · DISTRICT 1

Riggs Pebbles #1

Plugged

Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field  · Horizontal · Sidetrack

Riggs Pebbles #1 (API 42-163-32766) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged April 4, 1997, last operated by Ernest Operating Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 28, 1990, permitted to 9,900 ft.

It was permitted by Auburn Enterprises, Inc. and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Anacacho, Austin Chalk.

Its lease has reported 16.9K barrels of oil and 46.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 1997.

Operator of record

Ernest Operating Company

Permitted by Auburn Enterprises, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Rockdale, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 32 permits on file · (512) 446-3855

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleErnest Operating Company
Production reportsErnest Operating Companythrough Mar 1996
Latest permitAuburn Enterprises, Inc.Jun 28, 1990

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

9,900
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Jun 28, 1990
last permit issued
Dec 2, 1990
completed
16.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
46.3K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Dec 2, 1990
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 4, 1997

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Riggs, Pebbles O-1-12917Pearsall (Austin Chalk)Ernest Operating Company116.9K46.3KJan 1993 – Jun 1997

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.

  1. 1Ernest Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Mar 1996

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
375012-99Recompletion · sidetrackAuburn Enterprises, Inc.Jun 28, 1990Jun 28, 1990Jul 29, 19909,900

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-1-12917————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →

FormationMD ft
AnacachoANACACHO LIME5,000
Austin Chalk5,300

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,5389,030Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37563717.5513 S
73,0008.5237 S
9.6255,53812.25675 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 2, 1991Feb 22, 1991Yes
00Mar 20, 1991——

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.

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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