WELL · 42-241-30619 · DISTRICT 6
Matthews Estate Unit #1H
Jasper County · Brookeland (Austin Chalk 8800) field · Temp Abandoned · Horizontal
Matthews Estate Unit #1H (API 42-241-30619) is a horizontal well in Jasper County operated by Bonfire Operating LLC, completed June 7, 1996 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 19, 1996, permitted to 16,000 ft.
It was permitted by Nuevo Energy Company and has since transferred to Bonfire Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Nuevo Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Cresson, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 19, 2025
- Permits on file
- 43
- Phone
- (817) 888-8677
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bonfire Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Anadarko E&P Company LPthrough Sep 2004 |
| Latest permit | Nuevo Energy CompanyMar 19, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 16,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 19, 1996
- last permit issued
- Jun 7, 1996
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.44M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 7, 1996
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthews Estate Unit G-6-159398 | Brookeland (Austin Chalk, 8800) | Bonfire Operating LLC | 1 | 0 | 1.44M | Jun 1996 – 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.
- 1Nuevo Energy CompanyJun 1996 → Jun 1996
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyJul 1996 → Jan 2001
- 3Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
- 4Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Sep 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 444127-99 | Drill | Nuevo Energy Company | Jan 25, 1996 | Mar 19, 1996 | Mar 22, 1996 | 16,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-159398 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 343 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 11,575 | -11,232 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,620 | 15,130 | Open hole |
| 11,620 | 15,866 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 60 | — | — |
| 10.75 | 2,010 | 14.75 | 1,165 S |
| 7.625 | 11,620 | 9.875 | 445 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 | Sep 18, 1996 | Jun 26, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 21, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-241-30619 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-241-30619 → 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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