WELL · 42-287-30909 · DISTRICT 3
Berndt B. A #1
Lee County · Giddings (Navarro Oil) field · Vertical
Berndt B. A #1 (API 42-287-30909) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged July 11, 2025, last operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 1985, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Superior Oil Company, The and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Navarro, Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk, Eaglesford Shale.
Its lease has reported 53.3K barrels of oil and 320K 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
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Permitted by Superior Oil Company, The; 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 | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Jan 2024 |
| Latest permit | Superior Oil Company, TheJul 9, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jul 9, 1985
- last permit issued
- Aug 30, 1985
- completed
- 53.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 320K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 30, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 11, 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berndt, B. "A" O-3-18873 | Giddings (Navarro, Oil) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 3 | 53.3K | 320K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1998
- 2WCS Oil and Gas CorporationJan 1999 → Apr 2005
- 3WCS Oil & Gas CorporationMay 2005 → Aug 2021
- 4Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCSep 2021 → Jan 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 279719-99 | Recompletion | Superior Oil Company, The | Jul 2, 1985 | Jul 9, 1985 | — | 6,970 |
| 112448-99 | Drill | Superior Oil Company, The | Mar 18, 1981 | Mar 18, 1981 | Apr 14, 1981 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-18873 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 341 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| NavarroNAVARRO OIL | 5,174 | -4,833 |
| Pecan Gap | 6,573 | -6,232 |
| Austin Chalk | 7,150 | -6,809 |
| Eaglesford Shale | 7,882 | -7,541 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,158 | 5,256 | Perforated |
| 7,738 | 7,910 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 3,900 | 14.75 | 1,950 S |
| 10.75 | 3,900 | — | — |
| 2.875 | 5,715 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 7,987 | 8.875 | 700 S |
| 5.5 | 7,987 | — | — |
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 | Nov 20, 1985 | Oct 16, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Nov 6, 1985 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 8, 1981 | — |
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 42-287-30909 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30909 → 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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