WELL · 42-291-02462 · DISTRICT 3
Williams J. D. #31
Liberty County · Dayton North (5000 Sand) field · Directional · Sidetrack
Williams J. D. #31 (API 42-291-02462) is a permitted well in Liberty County filed by Texas Oil Company, The; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 6, 1997, permitted to 6,000 ft.
It was permitted by Texas Oil Company, The and has since transferred to Magnum Engineering Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Frio.
Its 3 leases have reported 316K barrels of oil and 212K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 15 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texas Oil Company, The; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Corpus Christ, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 13 permits on file · (361) 446-2414
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Magnum Engineering Company |
| Production reports | Magnum Engineering Companythrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Texas Oil Company, TheJan 6, 1997 |
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
- Jan 6, 1997
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 316K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 212K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 15 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, J. D. O-3-1177 | Dayton, North (5000 Sand) | Magnum Engineering Company | 9 | 54.1K | 8.91K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Williams, J. D. "D" O-3-23140 | Dayton, North (5000 Sand) | Magnum Engineering Company | 5 | 262K | 151K | Oct 1996 – Jul 2026 |
| Williams, J. D. -D- G-3-162309 | Dayton, North (5000 Sand) | Hat Oil & Gas, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 51.8K | Mar 1997 – Sep 1999 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 352 · prior 12 331(+6%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Texas Oil Company, TheJan 1993 → Oct 1998
- 2Hat Oil & Gas, Inc.Nov 1998 → Nov 2001
- 3Dewbre Petroleum CorporationDec 2001 → Dec 2003
- 4Magnum Engineering CompanyJan 2004 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 457012-99 | Recompletion · sidetrack | Texas Oil Company, The | Jan 6, 1997 | Jan 6, 1997 | Jan 24, 1997 | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-162309 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-1177 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-23140 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 89 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Frio | 4,416 | -4,327 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,425 | 4,483 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 879 | 15 | 450 S |
| 7 | 5,622 | 9.875 | 442 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 | Sep 8, 1999 | Aug 9, 1999 | — |
| 00 | Aug 26, 1999 | — | — |
| 00 | Apr 9, 1997 | Mar 11, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 8, 1997 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 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 42-291-02462 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-02462 → 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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