WELL · 42-241-30439 · DISTRICT 3
Arco Fee #E1
Jasper County · Red Bank Creek field · Producing · Vertical
Arco Fee #E1 (API 42-241-30439) is a well in Jasper County operated by Neches Transport Inc., completed August 18, 1985 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 24, 1985, permitted to 10,400 ft.
It was permitted by Ballard Exploration Company,Inc. and has since transferred to Neches Transport Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Yegua, Wilcox.
Its lease has reported 31.7K barrels of oil and 137 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Ballard Exploration Company,inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Spurger, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 21, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1
- Phone
- (409) 429-5900
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Neches Transport Inc. |
| Production reports | Neches Transport Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Ballard Exploration Company,inc.Jun 24, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,400
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 24, 1985
- last permit issued
- Aug 18, 1985
- completed
- 31.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 137
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 18, 1985
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arco Fee O-3-18835 | Red Bank Creek | Neches Transport Inc. | 1 | 31.7K | 137 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 26 · prior 12 29(-10%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Ballard Exploration Company,inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 2003
- 2Morris, W. Dale Inc.Nov 2003 → Jul 2004
- 3Chaparral Energy, L.L.C.Aug 2004 → Jul 2012
- 4Five-Jab, Inc.Aug 2012 → Nov 2014
- 5Jeffcoat Production Company Inc.Dec 2014 → Feb 2021
- 6J3 Operating LLCMar 2021 → Aug 2024
- 7Neches Transport Inc.Sep 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 278549-99 | Drill | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | Jun 24, 1985 | Jun 24, 1985 | — | 10,400 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-18835 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 92 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,917 | 9,927 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 2,517 | 13.5 | 1,264 S |
| 5.5 | 10,415 | 8.75 | 800 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 | Oct 28, 1985 | Aug 29, 1985 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 23, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-241-30439 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-241-30439 → 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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