WELL · 42-363-30890 · DISTRICT 7
Best Joe #4
Palo Pinto County · Palo Pinto County Regular field · NO Production · Vertical
Best Joe #4 (API 42-363-30890) is a well in Palo Pinto County operated by Lexgas Inc., completed February 7, 1977 and listed as no production on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 1, 2000, permitted to 4,250 ft.
It was permitted by Bridges, Travis Operating and has since transferred to Lexgas Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Strawn, Caddo, Pennsylvanian.
Its lease has reported 8.96K barrels of oil and 58.4K mcf of gas since September 1999, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Bridges, Travis Operating; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Roanoke, TX
- P-5 status
- Delinquent (D)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 28, 2024
- Permits on file
- 29
- Phone
- (817) 430-8507
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Lexgas Inc. |
| Production reports | Lexgas, Inc.through Dec 2024 |
| Latest permit | Bridges, Travis OperatingMar 1, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,250
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 1, 2000
- last permit issued
- Feb 7, 1977
- completed
- 8.96K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 58.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Sep 1999 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 7, 1977
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Delinquent (D)
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 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best, Joe O-8-28639 | Palo Pinto County Regular | Lexgas, Inc. | 4 | 8.96K | 58.4K | Sep 1999 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 223(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bridges, Travis OperatingSep 1999 → Dec 2001
- 2Lexus Gas CorporationApr 2004 → Jul 2005
- 3Lexgas, Inc.Aug 2005 → Dec 2024
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 491688-99 | Drill | Bridges, Travis Operating | Jan 31, 2000 | Mar 1, 2000 | Dec 2, 1975 | 4,250 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-28639 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,055 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Strawn | 3,100 | -2,045 |
| Caddo | 3,896 | -2,841 |
| Pennsylvanian | 4,232 | -3,177 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,100 | 3,109 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 210 | 12.25 | 160 S |
| 5.5 | 4,243 | 7.25 | 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 30, 2001 | Oct 12, 1999 | — |
| 00 | Dec 5, 2000 | — | — |
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 42-363-30890 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-363-30890 → 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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