WELL · 42-287-31771 · DISTRICT 3
Balcar #2
Lee County · Hooker Creek (Navarro A) field · Producing · Vertical
Balcar #2 (API 42-287-31771) is a well in Lee County operated by Ernest Operating Company, completed April 3, 1985 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 28, 1985, permitted to 5,000 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 38.8K barrels of oil and 107K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
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 Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Keesee Oil & Gas Operating Co.Feb 28, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 28, 1985
- last permit issued
- Apr 3, 1985
- completed
- 38.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 107K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 3, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balcar O-3-18367 | Hooker Creek (Navarro A) | Ernest Operating Company | 2 | 38.8K | 107K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 611 · prior 12 607(+1%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1,243 · prior 12 1,652(-25%)
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 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 268180-99 | Drill | Keesee Oil & Gas Operating Co. | Feb 28, 1985 | Feb 28, 1985 | — | 5,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-18367 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 361 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| WilcoxBASE WILCOX | 3,830 | -3,469 |
| Top Poth | 3,900 | -3,539 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,626 | 4,642 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 210 | 12.25 | 150 S |
| 4.5 | 4,870 | 7.875 | 1,125 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 | May 30, 1985 | May 1, 1985 | — |
| 00 | May 25, 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 42-287-31771 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-31771 → 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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