WELL · 42-185-30427 · DISTRICT 3
Upchurch #1 H
Grimes County · Iola (Georgetown) field · Horizontal
Upchurch #1 H (API 42-185-30427) is a plugged horizontal well in Grimes County, plugged December 23, 2005, last operated by Pride Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended 3 times), issued December 12, 1991, permitted to 10,395 ft.
It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Pride Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Buda, Del Rio, Georgetown.
Its 2 leases have reported 62 barrels of oil and 2.92M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in December 2005. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Tulsa, OK
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 8, 2025
- Permits on file
- 55
- Phone
- (918) 524-9200
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pride Energy Company |
| Production reports | Pride Energy Companythrough May 2001 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Dec 12, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,395
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Dec 12, 1991
- last permit issued
- May 26, 1992
- completed
- 62
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.92M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2005
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 26, 1992
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 23, 2005
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upchurch G-3-144734 | Iola (Georgetown) | Pride Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 2.92M | Jan 1993 – Dec 2005 |
| Upchurch O-3-21735 | Iola (Georgetown) | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | 1 | 62 | 3.82K | Jan 1993 – Apr 1993 |
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.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 1997
- 2Pride Energy CompanyJun 2000 → May 2001
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 395007-96 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Sep 8, 1992 | Dec 12, 1991 | Dec 26, 1991 | 10,388 |
| 395007-97 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Mar 17, 1992 | Dec 12, 1991 | — | 10,395 |
| 395007-98 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Jan 29, 1992 | Dec 12, 1991 | — | 10,395 |
| 395007-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Dec 12, 1991 | Dec 12, 1991 | — | 10,395 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-144734 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-21735 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 303 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Buda | 10,259 | -9,956 |
| Del Rio | 10,320 | -10,017 |
| Georgetown | 10,352 | -10,049 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,352 | 13,594 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,020 | 14.75 | 1,020 S |
| 7.625 | 3,323 | 9.875 | 465 S |
| 7.625 | 10,387 | 9.875 | 465 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 | Apr 23, 1993 | Feb 16, 1993 | — |
| 00 | Apr 12, 1993 | — | — |
| 00 | Nov 12, 1992 | Jun 12, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 5, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-185-30427 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-185-30427 → 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.
New to these records? How to read a well page · API numbers · completion reports and tops · why production is by lease
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/wells/18530427, documented in the API reference.