WELL · 42-187-32760 · DISTRICT 1
Howell Lease #2 #5
Guadalupe County · LA Vernia field · Vertical
Howell Lease #2 #5 (API 42-187-32760) is a plugged well in Guadalupe County, plugged November 30, 2015, last operated by Howell Crane & Rigging Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 16, 1984, permitted to 1,400 ft.
It was permitted by Nova Energy Group, Inc. and has since transferred to Howell Crane & Rigging Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 7.48K barrels of oil since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Nova Energy Group, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · (210) 661-8285
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Howell Crane & Rigging Inc. |
| Production reports | Howell Crane & Rigging, Inc.through Feb 2026 |
| Latest permit | Nova Energy Group, Inc.Apr 16, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 16, 1984
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 7.48K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 30, 2015
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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howell Lease #2 O-1-7100 | LA Vernia | Howell Crane & Rigging, Inc. | 5 | 7.48K | 0 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 98 · prior 12 121(-19%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1J.N.J. EnergyFeb 1997 → Feb 1997
- 2Howell Crane & Rigging, Inc.Mar 1997 → Feb 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 235734-99 | Drill | Nova Energy Group, Inc. | Apr 16, 1984 | Apr 16, 1984 | — | 1,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-7100 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,175 | 1,181 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 1,250 | 6.75 | — |
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 | Jul 27, 1998 | Nov 25, 1997 | — |
| 00 | Feb 11, 1998 | Jan 14, 1998 | — |
| 00 | Feb 4, 1998 | — | — |
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 42-187-32760 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-32760 → 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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