WELL · 42-311-32359 · DISTRICT 1

Bracken B #57A

Plugged

McMullen County · A.W.P. (Olmos) field  · Vertical

Bracken B #57A (API 42-311-32359) is a plugged well in Mcmullen County, plugged March 3, 2011, last operated by Swift Energy Operating LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 26, 1985, permitted to 10,400 ft.

It was permitted by Little Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Swift Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Sparta, Queen City, Carrizo, Wilcox.

Operator of record

Swift Energy Operating LLC

Permitted by Little Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 7, 2017 · 630 permits on file · (832) 217-9362

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSwift Energy Operating LLC
Production reportsSwift Energy Operating, LLCthrough Oct 2008
Latest permitLittle Oil & Gas, Inc.Aug 26, 1985

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

10,400
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 26, 1985
last permit issued
—
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
250K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2011

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
Mar 3, 2011

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Bracken "B" G-1-119441A.W.P. (Olmos)Swift Energy Operating, LLC10250KJan 1993 – Mar 2011

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.

  1. 1Dale Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Oct 1997
  2. 2Swift Energy CompanyNov 1997 → Dec 2005
  3. 3Swift Energy Operating, LLCJan 2006 → Oct 2008

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
283398-99DrillLittle Oil & Gas, Inc.Aug 26, 1985Aug 26, 1985Sep 18, 198510,400

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-1-119441————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 256 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Sparta2,928-2,672
Queen City3,200-2,944
Carrizo4,804-4,548
Wilcox5,335-5,079
Escondido9,408-9,152
Olmos10,182-9,926

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,18710,215Perforated
10,22410,252Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6251,53013.5670 S
5.510,3858.751,650 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 12, 1999Mar 29, 1999—
00Aug 24, 1998Jul 20, 1998—
00Jan 14, 1986Dec 17, 1985Yes
00Jan 10, 1986——

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.

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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