WELL · 42-363-31946 · DISTRICT 7

Howell #1

Howell #1 (API 42-363-31946) is a permitted well in Palo Pinto County filed by Upham, Chester R., JR.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 1979, permitted to 4,300 ft.

Its 2 leases have reported 1.78K barrels of oil and 184K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Upham, Chester R., Jr.

Based in: Mineral Wells, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Nov 9, 2000
Permits on file: 224
Phone: (940) 325-4491

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Gannett Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026
Latest permit	Upham, Chester R., Jr.Mar 16, 1979

4,300: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Mar 16, 1979: last permit issued
—: completed
1.78K: cumulative oil, bbl
184K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

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 2 leases 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
Howell G-8-80819	Howell (Congl 3900)	Gannett Operating LLC	1	0	76.9K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026
Howell O-8-14906	Set Ranch (Congl)	Gannett Operating LLC	1	1.78K	107K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 2,753 · prior 12 2,161(+27%)

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 17 · prior 12 28(-39%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Upham, Chester R., Jr.Jan 1993 → Aug 2001
2Upham Oil & Gas CompanySep 2001 → Nov 2010
3Hill, R.M. Operating Inc.Jan 2011 → Jul 2016
4Gannett Operating LLCAug 2016 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
45889-99	Other	Upham, Chester R., Jr.	Mar 16, 1979	Mar 16, 1979	May 6, 1978	4,300
21410-99	Drill	Upham, Chester R., Jr.	Apr 5, 1978	Apr 5, 1978	May 6, 1978	4,300

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-8-80819	—	—	—	—
—	— O-8-14906	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,788	3,804	Perforated
3,920	3,929	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	169	12.25	150 S
8.625	173	12.25	150 S
2.375	3,914	—	—
4.5	4,114	7.875	200 S
4.5	4,168	7.875	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	Feb 27, 1979	—

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 42-363-31946 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-363-31946 → 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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