TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · ELLIS, S.A. LEASE · API 42-365-31933 · DISTRICT 06
Ellis S.A. #1
Panola County · Carthage (Cotton Valley) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 9
- Carthage (Cotton Valley) · Carthage (Travis Peak-Allison) · Carthage (Travis Peak-Collins) · Carthage (Travis Peak-Deadwood) · Carthage (Travis Peak-Hall) · Carthage (Travis Peak 6296) · Carthage (Travis Peak 6400) · Carthage (Travis Peak 6450) · Carthage (Travis Peak 6820)
- 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.
Ellis S.A. #1 (API 42-365-31933) is a well in Panola County operated by Brookston Energy Inc., completed December 23, 1988 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 28, 1988, permitted to 9,875 ft.
It was permitted by Marshall Expl. Inc. and has since transferred to Brookston Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 11 formation tops, including T/Massive Anhy., Base Mass. Anhydrite, B/Massive Anhy., James Lime.
Its lease has reported 2.04K barrels of oil and 892K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Marshall Expl. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Tyler, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 5, 2025
- Permits on file
- 46
- Phone
- (903) 405-1901
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Brookston Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | Brookston Energy, Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Marshall Expl. Inc.Sep 28, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,875
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 28, 1988
- last permit issued
- Dec 23, 1988
- completed
- 2.04K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 892K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 23, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis, S.A. G-6-129723 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | Brookston Energy, Inc. | 1 | 2.04K | 892K | by Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 8,534 · prior 12 10,005(-15%)
Wells named Ellis S.A.
Brookston Energy Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Panola County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Sonat Exploration Company -TylerJan 1993 → Jul 1995
- 2Comstock Oil & Gas, Inc.Aug 1995 → Oct 2004
- 3Comstock Oil & Gas, LPNov 2004 → Aug 2019
- 4Comstock Oil & Gas, LLCSep 2019 → Aug 2025
- 5Brookston Energy, Inc.Sep 2025 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 350534-99 | Drill | Marshall Expl. Inc. | Aug 25, 1988 | Sep 28, 1988 | — | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 1988 | Ellis S.A. G-6-129723 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | Brookston Energy Inc. | Producing | 9,875 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 350 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| T/Massive Anhy. | 5,108 | -4,758 |
| Base Mass. Anhydrite | 5,359 | -5,009 |
| B/Massive Anhy. | 5,359 | -5,009 |
| James LimeJAMES | 5,833 | -5,483 |
| Pettit | 6,076 | -5,726 |
| T/Pettit | 6,076 | -5,726 |
| Travis Peak | 6,440 | -6,090 |
| T/Travis Peak | 6,440 | -6,090 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,280 | -7,930 |
| T/B Lime | 8,394 | -8,044 |
| B/B Lime | 8,608 | -8,258 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,742 | 8,798 | Perforated |
| 8,876 | 9,006 | Perforated |
| 9,386 | 9,745 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,822 | 12.25 | 700 S |
| 4.5 | 9,875 | 7.875 | 1,175 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 | Sep 12, 2000 | Jun 23, 2000 | — |
| 00 | Feb 17, 1989 | Jan 19, 1989 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 11, 1989 | — | — |
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 42-365-31933 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-31933 → 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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