WELL · 42-287-31631 · DISTRICT 3

Koudelke Z #1

Plugged

Lee County · Hooker Creek (Navarro A) field  · Vertical

Koudelke Z #1 (API 42-287-31631) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged September 11, 2019, last operated by Ernest Operating Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 25, 1984, permitted to 6,000 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 3 leases have reported 1.62K barrels of oil and 38.7K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in April 2020. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Ernest Operating Company

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 scheduleErnest Operating Company
Production reportsErnest Operating Companythrough Feb 2017
Latest permitHollub, Lambert Drilling CompanyMay 25, 1984

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

6,000
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
May 25, 1984
last permit issued
Jun 18, 1984
completed
1.62K
cumulative oil, bbl
38.7K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2020

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 18, 1984
Shut in
—
Plugged
Sep 11, 2019

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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Koudelke Z G-3-264188Hooker Creek (Navarro A)Ernest Operating Company105.26KDec 2010 – Apr 2020
Koudelke Z O-3-22144Hooker Creek (Navarro A)Bar-Mac Investments Inc.11.62K32.1KSep 1993 – Jun 2017
Koudelka, Z. G-3-111258Hooker Creek (Navarro A)Bar-Mac Investments Inc.101.33KJan 1993 – Dec 1993

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.

  1. 1Bar-Mac Investments Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 2016
  2. 2Ernest Operating CompanyFeb 2017 → Feb 2017

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
240293-99DrillHollub, Lambert Drilling CompanyMay 25, 1984May 25, 1984—6,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-3-111258————
—— G-3-264188————
—— O-3-22144————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 381 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxBASE WILCOX3,810-3,429
Top Poth3,880-3,499
Base Poth4,021-3,640

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,5904,611Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62516012.25110 sx
4.54,7107.875785 sx

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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Aug 7, 2012Feb 7, 2011—
00Oct 28, 1993Sep 23, 1993—
00Sep 28, 1993——
00Jul 16, 1984Apr 5, 1984—
00Jul 12, 1984Apr 5, 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.

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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