WELL · 42-177-31044 · DISTRICT 1
Burchard, L. F. 'B' #4
Gonzales County · Vertical
Burchard, L. F. 'B' #4 (API 42-177-31044) is a plugged well in Gonzales County, plugged December 6, 1981, last operated by Pyro Energy Corp..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 1982, permitted to 6,900 ft.
Its lease has reported 21.9K barrels of oil and 2.42K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in October 1999. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 22, 1991 · 75 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Sabre Operating, Inc.through Jan 1996 |
| Latest permit | Pyro Energy Corp.Nov 30, 1982 |
- 6,900
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 30, 1982
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 21.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.42K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 1999
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 6, 1981
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epsteind O-1-8448 | Peach Creek (Austin Chalk) | TDC Engineering, Inc. | 3 | 21.9K | 2.42K | Jan 1993 – Oct 1999 |
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.
- 1Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpJan 1993 → Mar 1995
- 2Sabre Operating, Inc.Apr 1995 → Jan 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183395-99 | Recompletion | Pyro Energy Corp. | Nov 30, 1982 | Nov 30, 1982 | — | 6,900 |
| 132314-99 | Drill | Burns, R. L. Corporation | Aug 31, 1981 | Aug 31, 1981 | — | 2,441 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-8448 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,556 | 6,878 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,370 | 12.25 | 885 S |
| 2.375 | 6,495 | — | — |
| 2.375 | 6,876 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 6,911 | 7.875 | 280 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jun 17, 1982 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 29, 1982 | — |
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 42-177-31044 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-177-31044 → 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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