TEXAS · WELLS · GRIMES COUNTY · HOWARD LEASE · API 42-185-30500 · DISTRICT 03
Howard #1H
Grimes County · Iola (Georgetown) field · Shut In · Horizontal
Howard #1H (API 42-185-30500) is a permitted horizontal well in Grimes County filed by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 31, 1995, permitted to 15,200 ft.
It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Wildfire Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Buda.
Its lease has reported 27 barrels of oil since November 1995, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 24, 2025
- Permits on file
- 171
- Phone
- (832) 558-0100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Wildfire Energy Operating LLCthrough Jul 1996 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Jan 31, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 15,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 31, 1995
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 27
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1996 THROUGH Jul 1996
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- Jan 1, 1998
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 O-3-22861 | Iola (Georgetown) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 27 | 0 | Nov 1995 – Jul 1996 |
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.Jul 1996 → Jul 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432407-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Jan 31, 1995 | Jan 31, 1995 | May 28, 1995 | 11,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Howard O-3-22861 | Iola (Georgetown) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Shut In · shut in Jan 1, 1998 | 15,200 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 318 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| BudaBUDA GEORGETOWN | 10,907 | -10,589 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,923 | 15,200 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,500 | 14.75 | 1,114 S |
| 7.625 | 10,923 | 9.875 | 827 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 29, 1996 | Nov 29, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 28, 1995 | — | — |
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 42-185-30500 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-185-30500 → 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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