WELL · 42-291-32271 · DISTRICT 3
Welch #S 8
Liberty County · Esperson Dome (Vicksburg) field · Producing · Vertical
Welch #S 8 (API 42-291-32271) is a well in Liberty County operated by Jay Management Company LLC, completed April 16, 1997 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 24, 1997, permitted to 5,800 ft.
It was permitted by Bledsoe Petro Corporation and has since transferred to Jay Management Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Frio, Vicksburg.
Its lease has reported 1.08M barrels of oil and 459K mcf of gas since February 1997, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Bledsoe Petro Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 4, 2025 · 26 permits on file · (713) 417-6530
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Jay Management Company LLC |
| Production reports | Jay Management Company, LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Bledsoe Petro CorporationMar 24, 1997 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 24, 1997
- last permit issued
- Apr 16, 1997
- completed
- 1.08M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 459K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Feb 1997 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 16, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welch O-3-23167 | Esperson Dome (Vicksburg) | Jay Management Company, LLC | 3 | 1.08M | 459K | Feb 1997 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 346 · prior 12 324(+7%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 15 · prior 12 336(-96%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bledsoe Petro CorporationFeb 1997 → Jul 2000
- 2Phoenix Hydrocarbons OperatingAug 2000 → Sep 2008
- 3Jay Management Company, LLCOct 2008 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460027-99 | Drill | Bledsoe Petro Corporation | Mar 18, 1997 | Mar 24, 1997 | Mar 28, 1997 | 5,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-23167 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 65 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,446 | 5,456 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,188 | 13.5 | 577 S |
| 5.5 | 5,569 | 8.75 | 475 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 | Jun 19, 1997 | Apr 24, 1997 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 13, 1997 | — | — |
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 42-291-32271 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-32271 → 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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