TEXAS · WELLS · GAINES COUNTY · BAILEY LEASE · API 42-165-36438 · DISTRICT 7B
Bailey #16
Gaines County · Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) field · Producing · Vertical
Bailey #16 (API 42-165-36438) is a well in Gaines County operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC, completed January 20, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 27, 2005, permitted to 7,710 ft.
It was permitted by Forest Oil Corporation and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 9 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen.
Its lease has reported 1.23M barrels of oil and 5.47M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026. The lease carries 25 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Forest Oil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 28, 2025
- Permits on file
- 54
- Phone
- (713) 337-4600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Crescent Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Crescent Energy Operating, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Forest Oil CorporationOct 27, 2005 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,710
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 27, 2005
- last permit issued
- Jan 20, 2006
- completed
- 1.23M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 5.47M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 20, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 25 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey O-11-65655 | Tex-Mex, SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 25 | 1.23M | 5.47M | by Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 55,861 · prior 12 81,879(-32%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 10,281 · prior 12 11,092(-7%)
Wells named Bailey
Crescent Energy Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Gaines County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Petroleum Technical Services Co.Jan 1993 → May 2001
- 2Maynard Oil Co.Jun 2001 → Apr 2004
- 3Forest Oil Permian CorporationMay 2004 → Dec 2009
- 4Sandridge Expl. and Prod., LLCJan 2010 → Jan 2013
- 5Sheridan Production Company, LLCFeb 2013 → Mar 2020
- 6FDL Operating, LLCApr 2020 → Nov 2021
- 7Contango Resources, Inc.Dec 2021 → Dec 2021
- 8Contango Resources, LLCJan 2022 → Oct 2025
- 9Crescent Energy Operating, LLCNov 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 607654-99 | Drill | Forest Oil Corporation | Oct 10, 2005 | Oct 27, 2005 | Nov 11, 2005 | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2006 | Bailey O-11-65655 | Tex-Mex SE. (Wichita Albany) | Crescent Energy Operating LLC | Producing | 7,710 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,450 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rustler | 1,646 | 1,804 |
| Yates | 2,820 | 630 |
| Seven Rivers | 3,070 | 380 |
| Queen | 3,668 | -218 |
| San Andres | 4,331 | -881 |
| Clear ForkCLEARFORK | 6,095 | -2,645 |
| Tubb | 6,624 | -3,174 |
| Clear ForkLOWER CLEARFORK | 6,901 | -3,451 |
| Abo | 7,190 | -3,740 |
| Wichita-AlbanyWICHITA ALBANY | 7,244 | -3,794 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,307 | 7,558 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,493 | 12.25 | 600 S |
| 5.5 | 7,705 | 7.875 | 1,720 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 23, 2006 | Apr 24, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 7, 2006 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Apr 19, 2007. Resistivity. These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ResistivityHIGH RESISTIVITY LATEROLOG ARRAY MICRO-CFL/HNGSSpans Rustler, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen, San Andres, Clear Fork, Tubb, Abo, Wichita-Albany | TIFF | 1,490 to 7,719 | Apr 19, 2007run Dec 4, 2005 | — |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-165-36438 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-165-36438 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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