WELL · 42-287-30490 · DISTRICT 3
Athena #1
Lee County · Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) field · Producing · Horizontal · Sidetrack
Athena #1 (API 42-287-30490) is a permitted horizontal well in Lee County filed by Browning Oil Company, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 2001, permitted to 10,535 ft.
It was permitted by Browning Oil Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its 2 leases have reported 98.6K barrels of oil and 655K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Permitted by Browning Oil Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 615
- Phone
- (713) 842-9050
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Browning Oil Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Browning Oil Company, Inc.May 11, 2001 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,535
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- May 11, 2001
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 98.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 655K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athena G-3-218383 | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1 | 0 | 264K | Jul 2006 – Jul 2026 |
| Athena O-3-12343 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Browning Oil Company, Inc. | 1 | 98.6K | 391K | Jan 1993 – Dec 2010 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 16,521 · prior 12 10,012(+65%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Browning Oil Company, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 2019
- 2Dallas Petroleum Group, LLCApr 2019 → Jul 2025
- 3Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCAug 2025 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 508848-99 | Recompletion · sidetrack | Browning Oil Company, Inc. | May 11, 2001 | May 11, 2001 | May 14, 2001 | 8,000 |
| 47627-99 | Drill | Humble Exploration Co., Inc. | May 2, 1979 | May 2, 1979 | May 21, 1979 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Athena G-3-218383 | Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Producing | 10,535 |
| May 30, 2001 | Athena O-3-12343 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Browning Oil Company Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
| May 30, 2001 | Athena O-3-12343 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Browning Oil Company Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 373 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 7,240 | -6,867 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,342 | 7,432 | Perforated |
| 7,342 | 7,888 | Perforated |
| 7,546 | 10,535 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,814 | 12.25 | 1,283 S |
| 2.375 | 7,230 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,245 | 8.75 | 620 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 | Mar 8, 2007 | Jul 25, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Aug 24, 2006 | — | — |
| 00 | Oct 22, 2001 | Jul 12, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 5, 1979 | — |
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 42-287-30490 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30490 → 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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