TEXAS · WELLS · LEE COUNTY · KRENEK LEASE · API 42-287-31449 · DISTRICT 03
Krenek #2
Lee County · Hooker Creek (Navarro A) field · Producing · Vertical
Krenek #2 (API 42-287-31449) is a well in Lee County operated by Ernest Operating Company, completed March 1, 1984 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 16, 1983, permitted to 4,659 ft.
It was permitted by Hollub, Lambert Drilling Company and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Top Poth, Base Poth.
Its lease has reported 41K barrels of oil and 46.3K 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 Hollub, Lambert Drilling 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 Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Hollub, Lambert Drilling CompanyAug 16, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,659
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 16, 1983
- last permit issued
- Mar 1, 1984
- completed
- 41K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 46.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 1, 1984
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krenek O-3-17132 | Hooker Creek (Navarro A) | Ernest Operating Company | 3 | 41K | 46.3K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 145 · prior 12 287(-49%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Crescent Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1994
- 2Keesee, H. K.Mar 1994 → Apr 1994
- 3Ernest Operating CompanyMay 1994 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205743-99 | Drill | Hollub, Lambert Drilling Company | Aug 10, 1983 | Aug 16, 1983 | — | 5,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 1984 | Krenek O-3-17132 | Hooker Creek (Navarro A) | Ernest Operating Company | Producing | 4,659 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 355 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxBASE WILCOX | 3,740 | -3,385 |
| Top Poth | 3,770 | -3,415 |
| Base Poth | 4,020 | -3,665 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,520 | 4,550 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 163 | 12.25 | 110 S |
| 4.5 | 4,657 | 7.875 | 825 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 | Apr 10, 1984 | Mar 12, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Mar 27, 1984 | Mar 12, 1984 | — |
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 42-287-31449 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-31449 → 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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