TEXAS · WELLS · LEE COUNTY · RUNNELS LEASE · API 42-287-30303 · DISTRICT 03
Runnels #1
Lee County · Noack Cow Herd (Seg. C) field · Vertical
Runnels #1 (API 42-287-30303) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged January 28, 2005, last operated by Ernest Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 3, 1978, permitted to 3,650 ft.
It was permitted by Ernest Oil Company and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3K barrels of oil and 45 mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 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 Aug 2003 |
| Latest permit | Ernest Oil CompanyMar 3, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,650
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 3, 1978
- last permit issued
- Apr 26, 1978
- completed
- 3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 45
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 26, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 28, 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runnels O-3-11837 | Noack Cow Herd (Seg. C) | Ernest Operating Company | 3 | 3K | 45 | Jan 1993 – Aug 2003 |
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.
- 1Ernest Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Aug 2003
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19377-99 | Drill | Ernest Oil Company | Mar 3, 1978 | Mar 3, 1978 | — | 3,650 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1978 | Runnels O-3-11837 | Noack Cow Herd (Seg. C) | Ernest Operating Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,440 | 3,450 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 135 | 12.25 | 91 S |
| 2.375 | 3,386 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,521 | 7.875 | 480 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 12, 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 42-287-30303 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30303 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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