TEXAS · WELLS · PALO PINTO COUNTY · API 42-363-33466 · DISTRICT 6E
Bradford Virginia #1
Palo Pinto County · Brazos (Bradford Congl.) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Brazos (Marble Falls) · Mineral Wells (Georgia Strawn)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Bradford Virginia #1 (API 42-363-33466) 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 one drilling permit, issued November 7, 1984, permitted to 4,512 ft.
It was permitted by Upham, Chester R., JR. and has since transferred to Upham Oil & Gas Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Bend, Marble Falls, Barnett.
Its 2 leases have reported 1.83K barrels of oil and 124K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting volume in October 2025. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Upham, Chester R., Jr.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Mineral Wells, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 19, 2025
- Permits on file
- 141
- Phone
- (940) 325-4491
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Upham Oil & Gas Company |
| Production reports | Upham Oil & Gas Companythrough Oct 2025 |
| Latest permit | Upham, Chester R., Jr.Nov 7, 1984 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,512
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 7, 1984
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 1.83K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 124K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- Nov 1, 2025
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford, Virginia G-8-229339 | Brazos (Bradford Congl.) | Upham Oil & Gas Company | 1 | 644 | 55.5K | Mar 2007 – Oct 2025 |
| Bradford, Virginia O-8-22430 | Brazos (Bradford Congl.) | Upham Oil & Gas Company | 1 | 1.18K | 68.9K | Jan 1993 – Jun 2007 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 549 · prior 12 934(-41%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1K & M Exploration, 1973-3 Ltd.Jan 1993 → Apr 1995
- 2Upham, Chester R., Jr.May 1995 → Aug 2001
- 3Upham Oil & Gas CompanySep 2001 → Oct 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 257447-99 | Drill | Upham, Chester R., Jr. | Oct 24, 1984 | Nov 7, 1984 | Nov 8, 1984 | 4,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bradford Virginia G-8-229339 | Brazos (Bradford Congl.) | Upham Oil & Gas Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Nov 1, 2025 | 4,512 |
| Jan 11, 1985 | Bradford Virginia O-8-22430 | Brazos (Bradford Congl.) | Upham Oil & Gas Company | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 796 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| BendBEND SERIES | 3,520 | -2,724 |
| Marble Falls | 4,012 | -3,216 |
| BarnettBARNETT SHALE | 4,311 | -3,515 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3,790 | 3,802 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 299 | 12.25 | 275 S |
| 5.5 | 4,512 | 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Oct 13, 2008 | Apr 5, 2007 | — |
| 00 | Sep 18, 2007 | Aug 14, 2007 | — |
| 00 | Sep 7, 2007 | — | — |
| 00 | May 20, 1985 | Apr 25, 1985 | — |
| 00 | May 11, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-363-33466 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-363-33466 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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