WELL · 42-187-31340 · DISTRICT 1
Dowdy A. E. -B- #16
Guadalupe County · Darst Creek (Buda) field · Producing · Vertical
Dowdy A. E. -B- #16 (API 42-187-31340) is a well in Guadalupe County operated by Delray Oil Inc., completed February 19, 1981 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 6, 1980, permitted to 2,600 ft.
Its lease has reported 82.1K barrels of oil and 27.6K 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
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 5, 2026
- Permits on file
- 665
- Phone
- (210) 824-7214
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Delray Oil Inc. |
| Production reports | Delray Oil, Inc.through Jul 2025 |
| Latest permit | Delray Oil, Inc.Nov 6, 1980 |
- 2,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 6, 1980
- last permit issued
- Feb 19, 1981
- completed
- 82.1K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 27.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 19, 1981
- 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; they carry 15 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dowdy, A. E., -B- O-1-3844 | Darst Creek (Buda) | Delray Oil, Inc. | 15 | 82.1K | 27.6K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 47 · prior 12 534(-91%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Delray Oil, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98194-99 | Drill | Delray Oil, Inc. | Nov 6, 1980 | Nov 6, 1980 | — | 2,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-3844 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,455 | 2,461 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 2,435 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,516 | 7.875 | 515 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 | Mar 9, 1981 | — |
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 42-187-31340 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-31340 → 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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