TEXAS · WELLS · GRIMES COUNTY · LAURA OL LEASE · API 42-185-30576 · DISTRICT 03
Laura OL #1H
Grimes County · Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) field · Producing · Horizontal
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) · Navasota River (Cretaceous Lwr.)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Laura OL #1H (API 42-185-30576) is a horizontal well in Grimes County operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, completed August 14, 1996 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 16, 1996, permitted to 14,383 ft.
It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 174K barrels of oil and 2.83M mcf of gas since August 1996, last reporting volume in March 2026.
Operator of record
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 617
- Phone
- (713) 842-9050
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.May 16, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,383
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 16, 1996
- last permit issued
- Aug 14, 1996
- completed
- 174K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.83M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1996 THROUGH Mar 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 14, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura OL G-3-161341 | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1 | 174K | 2.83M | Aug 1996 – Mar 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 3,012 · prior 12 13,167(-77%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Aug 1996 → Jun 2009
- 2Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Jul 2009 → Jul 2018
- 3Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCAug 2018 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 448177-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | May 16, 1996 | May 16, 1996 | Jun 20, 1996 | 13,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 1996 | Laura OL G-3-161341 | Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Producing | 14,383 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 188 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 11,310 | -11,122 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,410 | 14,133 | Perforated |
| 11,410 | 14,383 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,525 | 14.75 | 1,150 S |
| 7.625 | 11,410 | 9.875 | 900 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 | Mar 12, 1997 | Feb 21, 1997 | — |
| 00 | Feb 6, 1997 | Oct 28, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 5, 1997 | — | — |
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 42-185-30576 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-185-30576 → 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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