WELL · 42-163-33397 · DISTRICT 1
Pals Ranch #9
Frio County · Horizontal
Pals Ranch #9 (API 42-163-33397) is a permitted horizontal well in Frio County filed by Blackbrush O & G, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 23, 2009, permitted to 7,800 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Buda, Eagle Ford.
Its lease has reported 77.6K barrels of oil and 160K mcf of gas since February 2009, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 4, 2010
- Permits on file
- 236
- Phone
- (210) 495-5577
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Blackbrush O & G, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Blackbrush O & G, Inc.Jan 23, 2009 |
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 23, 2009
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 77.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 160K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 2009 THROUGH Jul 2026
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pals Ranch O-1-15068 | Pearsall (Buda Lime) | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 3 | 77.6K | 160K | Feb 2009 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 721 · prior 12 1,048(-31%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Blackbrush O & G, Inc.Apr 2010 → Apr 2012
- 2Blackbrush O & G, LLCMay 2012 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 677624-99 | Drill | Blackbrush O & G, Inc. | Jan 20, 2009 | Jan 23, 2009 | Apr 30, 2010 | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-15068 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 482 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | — | — |
| BudaBUDA LIMESTONE | — | — |
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD SHALE | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,563 | 10,635 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,025 | 17.5 | 900 S |
| 9.625 | 6,835 | 12.25 | 1,230 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 | Sep 28, 2010 | Jun 28, 2010 | Yes |
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 42-163-33397 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-33397 → 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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