WELL · 42-327-31148 · DISTRICT 7
Espy A #12
Menard County · Danny Mae (Lower Cisco a ) field · Shut IN · Vertical
Espy A #12 (API 42-327-31148) is a well in Menard County operated by Sawyer Oil & Gas LLC, completed January 5, 2012 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued December 15, 2011, permitted to 2,852 ft.
It was permitted by Paint Rock Operating, LLC and has since transferred to Sawyer Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Tannehill, Top Home Creek Lime, Top Upper Crosscut Sand, Top Lower Crosscut Sand.
Its lease has reported 109K barrels of oil since July 2011, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 11 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Paint Rock Operating, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Kilgore, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · (714) 936-5700
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sawyer Oil & Gas LLC |
| Production reports | Harvest Petroleum Inc.through Jan 2026 |
| Latest permit | Paint Rock Operating, LLCDec 15, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,852
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 15, 2011
- last permit issued
- Jan 5, 2012
- completed
- 109K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2011 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 5, 2012
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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 11 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espy "A" O-9-17559 | Danny Mae (Lower Cisco "A") | Sawyer Oil & Gas LLC | 11 | 109K | 0 | Jul 2011 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,181 · prior 12 865(+37%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Paint Rock Operating, LLCAug 2011 → Apr 2016
- 2Enexco, Inc.May 2016 → Aug 2016
- 3Delfin Operating, LLCSep 2016 → Feb 2022
- 4Harvest Petroleum Inc.Mar 2022 → Jan 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 729830-98 | Drill | Paint Rock Operating, LLC | Apr 16, 2013 | Dec 15, 2011 | Dec 21, 2011 | 2,852 |
| 729830-99 | Drill | Paint Rock Operating, LLC | Dec 12, 2011 | Dec 15, 2011 | Dec 21, 2011 | 2,450 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-17559 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,126 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| TannehillTOP LOWER TANNEHILL SAND | 940 | 1,186 |
| Top Home Creek Lime | 2,050 | 76 |
| Top Upper Crosscut Sand | 2,738 | -612 |
| Top Lower Crosscut Sand | 2,754 | -628 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,919 | 1,922 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 296 | 11 | 130 S |
| 4.5 | 2,050 | 7.875 | 340 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 | Apr 26, 2013 | Mar 21, 2012 | Yes |
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 42-327-31148 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-327-31148 → 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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