WELL · 42-321-30856 · DISTRICT 3

State Tract 194 #5

State Tract 194 #5 (API 42-321-30856) is a permitted well in Matagorda County filed by Sterling Expl. & Prod. CO., LLC; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1978 and 2004, permitted to 4,300 ft.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including 1400 Sand, 2650 Sand.

Operator of record

Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Apr 4, 2026 · 29 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	BKN Oil & Gas, Inc.through Feb 1996
Latest permit	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCAug 4, 2004

4,300: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Aug 4, 2004: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
119K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2013

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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
State Tract 194 G-3-109886	Matagorda Bay, NE (Miocene 1400)	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	1	0	119K	Jan 1993 – Jan 2013

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.

1BKN Oil & Gas, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1996

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
548796-99	Recompletion	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Jul 27, 2004	Aug 4, 2004	—	3,036
219811-99	Recompletion	Convest Energy Corporation	Oct 27, 1983	Nov 4, 1983	—	3,036
25464-99	Drill	May Petroleum, Inc.	May 31, 1978	May 31, 1978	—	4,300

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-109886	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 10 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
1400 Sand	1,376	-1,366
2650 Sand	2,638	-2,628

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
1,376	1,382	Perforated
2,638	2,647	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
16	128	—	—
8.625	865	12.25	470 S
2.375	2,543	—	—
4.5	3,032	7.875	375 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Apr 26, 1984	Feb 22, 1984	—
Apr 13, 1984	Feb 22, 1984	—
Jan 12, 1984	Nov 9, 1978	—

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 42-321-30856 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-321-30856 → 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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