WELL · 42-175-34081 · DISTRICT 2

A. Preiss #1

Plugged

Goliad County · Fannin North (3650) field  · Vertical

A. Preiss #1 (API 42-175-34081) is a plugged well in Goliad County, plugged December 4, 2013, last operated by Alta Mesa Services LP.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2008 and 2009, permitted to 4,200 ft.

It was permitted by Brayton Operating Corp. and has since transferred to Alta Mesa Services LP on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Catahoula, Frio.

Operator of record

Alta Mesa Services LP

Permitted by Brayton Operating Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 140 permits on file · (866) 223-9968

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleAlta Mesa Services LP
Production reportsAlta Mesa Services, LPthrough Dec 2009
Latest permitBrayton Operating Corp.Apr 14, 2009

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

4,200
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Apr 14, 2009
last permit issued
May 7, 2008
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
106K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2008 THROUGH Dec 2013

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
May 7, 2008
Shut in
—
Plugged
Dec 4, 2013

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
A. Preiss G-2-249082Fannin, North (Frio 3080)Alta Mesa Services, LP1042.4KApr 2009 – Dec 2013
A. Preiss G-2-236780Fannin, North (3650)Brayton Operating Corp.1064.1KMay 2008 – Mar 2009

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. 1Brayton Operating Corp.May 2008 → Jun 2009
  2. 2Alta Mesa Services, LPJul 2009 → Dec 2009

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
680106-99RecompletionBrayton Operating Corp.Apr 3, 2009Apr 14, 2009Apr 1, 20094,200
658102-99DrillBrayton Operating Corp.Mar 25, 2008Apr 8, 2008Apr 23, 20084,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-2-236780————
—— G-2-249082————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 201 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
CatahoulaBASE OF CATAHOULA2,020-1,819
FrioMIDDLE FRIO3,720-3,519
FrioBASAL FRIO3,948-3,747

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
3,1203,123Perforated
3,5713,574Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62561712.25280 S
2.8753,7507.875890 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
00Oct 1, 2009May 4, 2009Yes
00Jul 10, 2009——
00Aug 1, 2008Jun 13, 2008Yes
00Jul 21, 2008——

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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