WELL · 42-291-32493 · DISTRICT 3
Prospect Company #1
Liberty County · Pump Station (LCM-1) field · Directional
Prospect Company #1 (API 42-291-32493) is a plugged well in Liberty County, plugged February 1, 2012, last operated by Ballard Exploration Company Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended twice) between 2003 and 2006, permitted to 14,000 ft.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Top Heterostegina, Frio, Vicksburg, Yegua.
Its 3 leases have reported 474K barrels of oil and 1.95M mcf of gas since October 2003, last reporting in June 2012. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Ballard Exploration Company Inc.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 464
- Phone
- (713) 651-0181
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ballard Exploration Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Ballard Exploration Company,inc.through May 2010 |
| Latest permit | Ballard Exploration Company,inc.Mar 13, 2006 |
- 14,000
- total depth, ft
- 4
- permits on file
- Mar 13, 2006
- last permit issued
- Jan 14, 2006
- completed
- 474K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.95M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2003 THROUGH Jun 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 14, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 1, 2012
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Company O-3-24936 | Pump Station (LCM-1) | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | 1 | 474K | 856K | Nov 2005 – Jun 2012 |
| Prospect Company G-3-208397 | Devers, SW (Cook Mountain) | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | 1 | 0 | 1.09M | Oct 2003 – Jan 2012 |
| Prospect Company O-3-24934 | Pump Station (LCM-1) | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Nov 2005 – Jan 2007 |
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.
- 1Ballard Exploration Company,inc.Oct 2003 → May 2010
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615709-99 | Recompletion | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | Mar 13, 2006 | Mar 13, 2006 | Oct 31, 2005 | 13,493 |
| 535395-97 | Drill | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | May 19, 2005 | Aug 15, 2003 | Aug 31, 2003 | 14,000 |
| 535395-98 | Drill | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | Aug 22, 2003 | Aug 15, 2003 | Aug 31, 2003 | 14,000 |
| 535395-99 | Drill | Ballard Exploration Company,inc. | Aug 15, 2003 | Aug 15, 2003 | — | 14,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-208397 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-24934 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-24936 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 53 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 12,305 | 12,328 | Perforated |
| 12,338 | 12,346 | Perforated |
| 13,423 | 13,439 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 3,833 | 17.5 | 2,600 S |
| 9.625 | 10,305 | 12.25 | 1,000 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 17, 2007 | Nov 17, 2006 | — |
| 00 | May 16, 2007 | Nov 17, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 10, 2007 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 8, 2007 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 29, 2005 | Oct 4, 2004 | Yes |
| 00 | May 26, 2005 | — | — |
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 42-291-32493 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-291-32493 → 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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