TEXAS · WELLS · GOLIAD COUNTY · NPU ( RAY -5) LEASE · API 42-175-01709 · DISTRICT 02
Npu ( Ray -5) #5
Goliad County · Tulsita-Wilcox ( 6800 Reklaw) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Npu ( Ray -5) #5 (API 42-175-01709) is a well in Goliad County operated by Paleo Oil Company LLC, completed January 22, 1980 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in January 1, 2016.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 12, 1979, permitted to 7,810 ft.
It was permitted by Pennzoil Producing CO. and has since transferred to Paleo Oil Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.36K barrels of oil and 844K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Pennzoil Producing Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Corpus Christ, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 10, 2025
- Permits on file
- 47
- Phone
- (361) 904-0401
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Paleo Oil Company LLC |
| Production reports | Paleo Oil Company LLCthrough Dec 2015 |
| Latest permit | Pennzoil Producing Co.Dec 12, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,810
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 12, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jan 22, 1980
- completed
- 1.36K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 844K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1995 THROUGH Dec 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 22, 1980
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 2016
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Npu ( Ray -5) G-2-86170 | Tulsita-Wilcox ( 6800 Reklaw) | Paleo Oil Company LLC | 1 | 1.36K | 844K | Jan 1993 – Dec 2015 |
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.
- 1Pennzoil Exploration & Prod. Co.Jul 1995 → Feb 1999
- 2Pennzenergy Exp. & Prod., L.L.C.Mar 1999 → Mar 2000
- 3Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.Apr 2000 → Apr 2005
- 4Legend Natural Gas II, LPMay 2005 → Feb 2015
- 5Trinity River Energy Oper, LLCMar 2015 → Dec 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66609-99 | Recompletion | Pennzoil Producing Co. | Dec 12, 1979 | Dec 12, 1979 | — | 7,810 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 1980 | Npu ( Ray -5) G-2-86170 | Tulsita-Wilcox ( 6800 Reklaw) | Paleo Oil Company LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jan 1, 2016 | 7,810 |
| Jun 19, 1966 | N. P. U. Ray G-2-4531 | Tulsita-Wilcox ( Luling) | Pennzoil Producing Co. | Not on Schedule | — |
| — | N. P. U.-Ray G-2-39944 | Tulsita-Wilcox ( Slick) | Pennzoil Producing Co. | Not on Schedule | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,809 | 6,819 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,500 | — | — |
| 10.75 | 1,513 | 15 | 675 S |
| 2.375 | 6,757 | — | — |
| 7 | 7,207 | 9.875 | 450 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Feb 5, 1980 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 13, 1969 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-175-01709 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-175-01709 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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