WELL · 42-331-31002 · DISTRICT 1
Sanders Farm #5
Milam County · Minerva-Rockdale field · Vertical
Sanders Farm #5 (API 42-331-31002) is a plugged well in Milam County, plugged October 1, 2002, last operated by Ernest Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 30, 1980, permitted to 1,500 ft.
It was permitted by Sanders Properties, Inc. and has since transferred to Ernest Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 22.6K barrels of oil and 175 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 9 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sanders Properties, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Rockdale, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 32 permits on file · (512) 446-3855
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Ernest Operating Company |
| Production reports | Ernest Operating Companythrough Nov 2025 |
| Latest permit | Sanders Properties, Inc.Dec 30, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 30, 1980
- last permit issued
- Aug 30, 1981
- completed
- 22.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 175
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 30, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 1, 2002
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 9 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders Farm O-1-7069 | Minerva-Rockdale | Ernest Operating Company | 9 | 22.6K | 175 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 70 · prior 12 70(+0%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Chama ResourcesJan 1993 → Apr 2009
- 2Ernest Operating CompanyMay 2009 → Nov 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103455-99 | Drill | Sanders Properties, Inc. | Dec 30, 1980 | Dec 30, 1980 | — | 1,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-7069 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,260 | 1,286 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1,256 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 1,347 | 6.5 | 150 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 12, 1982 | — |
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 42-331-31002 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-331-31002 → 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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