WELL · 42-287-30253 · DISTRICT 3
Brown-Runnels Unit #2
Lee County · Noack Cow Herd (Seg. C) field · Producing · Vertical
Brown-Runnels Unit #2 (API 42-287-30253) is a well in Lee County operated by Ernest Operating Company, completed March 7, 1978 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 23, 1977, permitted to 3,500 ft.
It was permitted by Ernest Oil Company and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 27.6K barrels of oil and 50 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Ernest Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Rockdale, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 24, 2026
- Permits on file
- 32
- Phone
- (512) 446-3855
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ernest Operating Company |
| Production reports | Ernest Operating Companythrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Ernest Oil CompanyNov 23, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 23, 1977
- last permit issued
- Mar 7, 1978
- completed
- 27.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 50
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 7, 1978
- 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; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown-Runnels Unit O-3-11628 | Noack Cow Herd (Seg. C) | Ernest Operating Company | 3 | 27.6K | 50 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 536 · prior 12 450(+19%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Ernest Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12679-99 | Drill | Ernest Oil Company | Nov 23, 1977 | Nov 23, 1977 | — | 3,650 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 1978 | Brown-Runnels Unit O-3-11628 | Noack Cow Herd (Seg. C) | Ernest Operating Company | Producing | 3,500 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,389 | 3,401 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 130 | 12.5 | — |
| 2.375 | 3,325 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,500 | 7.875 | — |
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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 20, 1978 | — |
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 42-287-30253 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30253 → 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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