WELL · 42-321-31994 · DISTRICT 3

State Tract 180 (S/2) #1

Plugged

Matagorda County · Matagorda Bay S (Miocene 3600) field · Directional

State Tract 180 (S/2) #1 (API 42-321-31994) is a plugged well in Matagorda County, plugged December 21, 2012, last operated by Sterling Expl. & Prod. CO. LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 20, 2004, permitted to 6,000 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Miocene (undifferentiated).

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	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co. LLC
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLCJan 20, 2004

6,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jan 20, 2004: last permit issued
Mar 10, 2004: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Mar 2004 THROUGH Dec 2012

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 10, 2004
Shut in: —
Plugged: Dec 21, 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
State Tract 180 (S/2) G-3-203371	Matagorda Bay, S (Miocene 3600)	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	1	0	0	Mar 2004 – Dec 2012
State Tract 180 (S/2) G-3-203372	Wildcat	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	1	0	0	Mar 2004 – Dec 2012

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
540956-98	Drill	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Aug 25, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	—	4,675
540956-99	Drill	Sterling Expl. & Prod. Co., LLC	Jan 20, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	Feb 25, 2004	6,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-3-203371	—	—	—	—
—	— G-3-203372	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 37 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE	1,240	-1,203

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,626	3,640	Perforated
4,074	4,084	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	1,228	13.5	630 S
7.625	4,181	9.875	1,400 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
Jan 5, 2005	Jun 22, 2004	Yes
Nov 22, 2004	Jun 15, 2004	Yes
Sep 21, 2004	—	—

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 42-321-31994 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-321-31994 → 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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