WELL · 42-225-30822 · DISTRICT 6
Cedar Branch Unit #1
Houston County · Navarro Crossing (Woodbine) field · Producing · Vertical
Cedar Branch Unit #1 (API 42-225-30822) is a well in Houston County operated by Big Creek Operating Company LLC, completed December 8, 1990 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 24, 1990, permitted to 6,550 ft.
It was permitted by Hallwood Petroleum, Inc. and has since transferred to Big Creek Operating Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk, Woodbine.
Its lease has reported 264K barrels of oil and 40.4K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Big Creek Operating Company LLC
Permitted by Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026 · 11 permits on file · (713) 807-1400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Big Creek Operating Company LLC |
| Production reports | Big Creek Operating Company LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.Oct 24, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,550
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 24, 1990
- last permit issued
- Dec 8, 1990
- completed
- 264K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 40.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 8, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Branch Unit O-6-12834 | Navarro Crossing (Woodbine) | Big Creek Operating Company LLC | 1 | 264K | 40.4K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 2,133 · prior 12 1,735(+23%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Hallwood Petroleum, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2001
- 2Hec Petroleum, Inc.Jan 2002 → Apr 2003
- 3Harman Operating Company, Inc.May 2003 → Dec 2007
- 4Culver & Cain Production LLCJan 2008 → Feb 2025
- 5Big Creek Operating Company LLCMar 2025 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 380096-99 | Drill | Hallwood Petroleum, Inc. | Oct 24, 1990 | Oct 24, 1990 | Oct 29, 1990 | 6,550 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-6-12834 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 290 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Pecan Gap | 4,350 | -4,060 |
| Austin Chalk | 5,370 | -5,080 |
| Woodbine | 5,850 | -5,560 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,856 | 5,858 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 963 | 11 | 290 S |
| 5.5 | 6,150 | 7.875 | 1,053 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 | Jul 9, 1991 | May 20, 1991 | — |
| 00 | May 17, 1991 | Dec 27, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | May 7, 1991 | — | — |
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 42-225-30822 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-225-30822 → 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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