TEXAS · WELLS · LEE COUNTY · KOCUREK LEASE · API 42-287-31735 · DISTRICT 03
Kocurek #1
Lee County · Hooker Creek (Navarro A) field · Vertical
Kocurek #1 (API 42-287-31735) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged June 14, 2005, last operated by Ernest Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 4, 1984, permitted to 6,000 ft.
It was permitted by Keesee Oil & Gas Operating CO. and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Wilcox, Top Poth.
Its lease has reported 4.51K barrels of oil and 110 mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Keesee Oil & Gas Operating Co.; 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 Oct 2002 |
| Latest permit | Keesee Oil & Gas Operating Co.Dec 4, 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
- Dec 4, 1984
- last permit issued
- Mar 6, 1985
- completed
- 4.51K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 110
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2002
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 6, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 14, 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kocurek O-3-18489 | Hooker Creek (Navarro A) | Ernest Operating Company | 1 | 4.51K | 110 | Jan 1993 – Oct 2002 |
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.
- 1Crescent Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1994
- 2Keesee, H. K.Mar 1994 → Apr 1994
- 3Ernest Operating CompanyMay 1994 → Oct 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 259750-99 | Drill | Keesee Oil & Gas Operating Co. | Dec 4, 1984 | Dec 4, 1984 | — | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 1985 | Kocurek O-3-18489 | Hooker Creek (Navarro A) | Ernest Operating Company | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 353 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxBASE WILCOX | 3,710 | -3,357 |
| Top Poth | 3,782 | -3,429 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,490 | 4,632 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 210 | 12.25 | 140 S |
| 4.5 | 4,691 | 7.875 | 815 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 | May 22, 1985 | Apr 22, 1985 | — |
| 00 | May 9, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-287-31735 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-31735 → 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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