WELL · 42-179-00457 · DISTRICT 10
Howard #1
Gray County · Vertical
Howard #1 (API 42-179-00457) is a permitted well in Gray County filed by Gruy Petroleum Management CO.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 2, 1997, permitted to 2,405 ft.
Operator of record
Irving, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 2, 2008 · 678 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Bce-Mach III LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Sep 2, 1997 |
- 2,405
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 2, 1997
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 278K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard G-14-23720 | Panhandle, West | Bce-Mach III LLC | 1 | 0 | 278K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 4,343 · prior 12 4,316(+1%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Meridian Oil Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 1996
- 2Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Jul 1996 → Apr 2006
- 3Cimarex Energy Co. of ColoradoMay 2006 → Sep 2014
- 4Scout Energy Management LLCOct 2014 → Jun 2022
- 5Bce-Mach III LLCJul 2022 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 466795-99 | Recompletion | Gruy Petroleum Management Co. | Aug 27, 1997 | Sep 2, 1997 | — | 2,405 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-14-23720 | — | — | — | — |
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 | — | — |
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 42-179-00457 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-179-00457 → 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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