WELL · 42-255-31299 · DISTRICT 2
Oso-Sandia Unit #1
Karnes County · Speary (Reklaw) field · Vertical
Oso-Sandia Unit #1 (API 42-255-31299) is a plugged well in Karnes County, plugged May 2, 2014, last operated by Browning Oil Company Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1991 and 1996, permitted to 8,000 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Wilcox.
Its 2 leases have reported 26.5K barrels of oil and 848K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 2019. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 11, 2026
- Permits on file
- 257
- Phone
- (214) 739-3481
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Browning Oil Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Virtex Operating Company, Inc.through Oct 2012 |
| Latest permit | Browning Oil Company, Inc.Jun 17, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,000
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Jun 17, 1996
- last permit issued
- Oct 30, 1991
- completed
- 26.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 848K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2019
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Oct 30, 1991
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 2, 2014
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oso-Sandia Unit O-2-8175 | Kenedy, E. (Luling) | Virtex Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 26.5K | 292K | May 1996 – Sep 2019 |
| Oso-Sandia Unit G-2-140093 | Speary (Reklaw) | Browning Oil Company, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 556K | Jan 1993 – Jul 1996 |
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.
- 1Browning Oil Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Nov 1997
- 2Sandia Operating Corp.Dec 1997 → Jul 1998
- 3Bass Enterprises Production Co.Aug 1998 → Oct 2000
- 4Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.Nov 2000 → Jan 2008
- 5Virtex Operating Company, Inc.Feb 2008 → Jun 2011
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 449237-99 | Recompletion | Browning Oil Company, Inc. | Jun 13, 1996 | Jun 17, 1996 | May 6, 1996 | 7,650 |
| 392306-98 | Drill | Browning Oil Company, Inc. | Nov 22, 1991 | Sep 30, 1991 | — | 8,000 |
| 392306-99 | Drill | Browning Oil Company, Inc. | Sep 27, 1991 | Sep 30, 1991 | Oct 12, 1991 | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-2-140093 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-8175 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 307 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,907 | 5,915 | Perforated |
| 6,307 | 6,320 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 883 | 12.25 | 370 S |
| 5.5 | 6,455 | 7.875 | 210 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 22, 1996 | Jun 13, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 25, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Feb 13, 1992 | Nov 22, 1991 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 2, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-255-31299 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-255-31299 → 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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