WELL · 42-327-30501 · DISTRICT 7

Brandeberger #5

Brandeberger #5 (API 42-327-30501) is a former disposal or injection well in Menard County, last operated by Nordan Oil & Gas Corp.; its UIC permit is no longer active.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1983, permitted to 2,878 ft.

Its lease has reported 15K barrels of oil and 1.57K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2020. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Nordan Oil & Gas Corp.

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2018 · 96 permits on file · (325) 672-2604

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Nordan Oil & Gas Corporationthrough Mar 2004
Latest permit	Nordan Oil & Gas Corp.Mar 16, 1983

2,878: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Mar 16, 1983: last permit issued
—: completed
15K: cumulative oil, bbl
1.57K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2020

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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Brandenberger O-9-9280	Menard, W. (Caddo)	Willowbend Investments, Inc.	2	15K	1.57K	Jan 1993 – Mar 2020

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.

1Nordan Oil & Gas CorporationJan 1993 → Mar 2004

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
188649-99	Drill	Nordan Oil & Gas Corp.	Mar 16, 1983	Mar 16, 1983	—	2,878
184312-99	Drill	Nordan Oil & Gas Corp.	Jan 6, 1983	Jan 6, 1983	—	2,878

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-9-9280	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,832	2,838	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	160	11	140 S
2.375	2,852	—	—
4.5	2,878	7.875	180 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	Jan 12, 1984	Feb 10, 1983	—

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 42-327-30501 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-327-30501 → 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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0: bbl, last 12 reported months
0: bbl, all reported
Apr 2003: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000084947	H-1 Injection	Canceled Sep 30, 2003	350	1,300	2,658–2,660

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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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