WELL · 42-285-32178 · DISTRICT 2

Kelley, Joel I. #1

Kelley, Joel I. #1 (API 42-285-32178) is a permitted well in Lavaca County filed by Hou-Tex, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended twice) between 1992 and 1996, permitted to 3,500 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio.

Operator of record

Hou-Tex, Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 7, 2002 · 14 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Hou-Tex, Inc.through Jun 1996
Latest permit	Hou-Tex, Inc.Aug 28, 1996

3,500: total depth, ft
4: permits on file
Aug 28, 1996: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
223K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 1996

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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
Kelley, Joel I. G-2-144976	Speaks (3400)	Hou-Tex, Inc.	1	0	223K	Jan 1993 – Sep 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.

1Hou-Tex, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
452012-99	Recompletion	Hou-Tex, Inc.	Aug 28, 1996	Aug 28, 1996	—	3,500
407342-97	Drill	Hou-Tex, Inc.	Feb 16, 1993	Dec 17, 1992	—	3,500
407342-98	Drill	Hou-Tex, Inc.	Jan 8, 1993	Dec 17, 1992	—	3,500
407342-99	Drill	Hou-Tex, Inc.	Dec 17, 1992	Dec 17, 1992	Jan 5, 1992	3,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-2-144976	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 163 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)BASE MIOCENE	2,280	-2,117
Frio	2,825	-2,662

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,422	3,426	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	368	12.25	160 S
4.5	3,493	7.875	593 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	Jun 11, 1993	Jan 28, 1993	Yes
00	May 6, 1993	—	—

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 42-285-32178 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-285-32178 → 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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