WELL · 42-331-31820 · DISTRICT 1
Butler #1
Milam County · Minerva-Rockdale field · Vertical
Butler #1 (API 42-331-31820) is a plugged well in Milam County, plugged April 17, 1995, last operated by Tejas Exploration Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 12, 1983, permitted to 1,500 ft.
It was permitted by Big H Operating Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Tejas Exploration Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Big H Operating Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Cameron, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 4, 2026
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Tejas Exploration Inc. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Big H Operating Company, Inc.May 12, 1983 |
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
- May 12, 1983
- last permit issued
- May 18, 1983
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 2003
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 18, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 17, 1995
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler O-1-9062 | Minerva-Rockdale | Tejas Exploration Inc. | 2 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Aug 2003 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194640-99 | Drill | Big H Operating Company, Inc. | May 12, 1983 | May 12, 1983 | — | 1,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-9062 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,106 | 1,146 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.375 | 1,076 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 1,196 | 6.75 | 200 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 | Aug 18, 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 42-331-31820 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-331-31820 → 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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