WELL · 42-187-30800 · DISTRICT 1
Dowdy A. E. #18
Guadalupe County · Darst Creek (Buda) field · Vertical
Dowdy A. E. #18 (API 42-187-30800) is a plugged well in Guadalupe County, plugged May 31, 2012, last operated by Signal Oil And Gas Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1979, permitted to 2,551 ft.
It was permitted by Voigt, Henry M. and has since transferred to Signal Oil And Gas Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 15.8K barrels of oil and 2.62K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 15 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Voigt, Henry M.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Colleyville, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Jul 28, 2008
- Permits on file
- 17
- Phone
- (817) 509-8880
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Bedford Oil & Gas, Inc.through Apr 2004 |
| Latest permit | Voigt, Henry M.Jan 24, 1979 |
- 2,551
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 24, 1979
- last permit issued
- Mar 25, 1978
- completed
- 15.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2.62K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 25, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 31, 2012
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 15 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dowdy, A. E. O-1-2711 | Darst Creek (Buda) | Signal Oil and Gas Company | 15 | 15.8K | 2.62K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Serra Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1997
- 2Axis Energy CorporationMay 1997 → Jul 1999
- 3Caltex Energy Co.Oct 1999 → Jun 2002
- 4Bedford Oil & Gas, Inc.Apr 2003 → Apr 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42501-99 | Recompletion | Voigt, Henry M. | Jan 24, 1979 | Jan 24, 1979 | — | 2,551 |
| 22003-99 | Drill | Voigt, Henry M. | Mar 30, 1978 | Mar 30, 1978 | — | 2,540 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 1978 | Dowdy A. E. O-1-2711 | Darst Creek (Buda) | Signal Oil and Gas Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,176 | 2,384 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 80 | 12.25 | 65 S |
| 5.5 | 2,548 | 7.875 | 380 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 | Aug 23, 1978 | — |
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 42-187-30800 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-30800 → 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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