WELL · 42-313-31008 · DISTRICT 3

Ponderosa #1H

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Madison County · Halliday (Woodbine) field · Producing  · Horizontal

Ponderosa #1H (API 42-313-31008) is a horizontal well in Madison County operated by Empire Texas Operating LLC, completed August 15, 2013 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued May 31, 2013, permitted to 8,530 ft.

It was permitted by Energy & Expl. Prtnrs Oper., LP and has since transferred to Empire Texas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 12 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Buda, Dex-Buda, Eagle Ford.

Its lease has reported 41.4K barrels of oil and 73.1K mcf of gas since July 2013, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Empire Texas Operating LLC

Permitted by Energy & Expl. Prtnrs Oper., LP; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
The Woodlands, TX
P-5 status
Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed
Feb 17, 2026
Permits on file
18
Phone
(539) 444-8002

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleEmpire Texas Operating LLC
Production reportsEmpire Texas Operating LLCthrough Jul 2025
Latest permitEnergy & Expl. Prtnrs Oper., LPMay 31, 2013

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

8,530
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
May 31, 2013
last permit issued
Aug 15, 2013
completed
41.4K
cumulative oil, bbl
73.1K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2013 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Aug 15, 2013
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

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
Ponderosa O-3-26606Halliday (Woodbine)Empire Texas Operating LLC141.4K73.1KJul 2013 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 158 · prior 12 989(-84%)

050100202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 920 · prior 12 3,650(-75%)

0200400202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Energy & Expl. Prtnrs Oper., LPAug 2013 → Aug 2016
  2. 2Pardus Oil & Gas Operating, LPOct 2016 → Apr 2022
  3. 3Empire Texas Operating LLCMay 2022 → Jul 2025

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
763489-98DrillEnergy & Expl. Prtnrs Oper., LPJan 13, 2014May 31, 2013Jun 27, 20139,000
763489-99DrillEnergy & Expl. Prtnrs Oper., LPMay 28, 2013May 31, 2013Jun 27, 20139,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Aug 15, 2013Ponderosa O-3-26606Halliday (Woodbine)Empire Texas Operating LLCProducing8,530

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 335 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Austin Chalk——
Austin ChalkBASE AUSTIN CHALK——
BudaBUDA - DISPOSAL——
Dex-Buda——
Eagle FordEAGLEFORD——
FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL——
Georgetown——
Lewisville - Disposal——
Pecan Gap——
RodessaRODESSA - H2S——
Sub-Clarksville——
WilcoxWILCOX - DISPOSAL——
Woodbine——

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,55015,396Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
9.6254,35512.251,740 S
5.515,4608.752,925 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
00Aug 18, 2015May 29, 2014Yes
00Mar 27, 2015Sep 27, 2013Yes

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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