WELL · 42-373-30426 · DISTRICT 3
Birch R. E. #1
Polk County · Damascus (Woodbine 9300) field · Producing · Vertical
Birch R. E. #1 (API 42-373-30426) is a well in Polk County operated by SM Operating Company LLC, completed January 10, 1979 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 7, 1978, permitted to 9,460 ft.
It was permitted by Woolf & Magee, Inc. and has since transferred to SM Operating Company LLC on the wellbore schedule.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by Woolf & Magee, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Austin, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · (713) 557-0299
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | SM Operating Company LLC |
| Production reports | SM Operating Company LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Woolf & Magee, Inc.Dec 7, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,460
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 7, 1978
- last permit issued
- Jan 10, 1979
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 680K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 10, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch, R. E. G-3-80716 | Damascus (Woodbine 9300) | SM Operating Company LLC | 1 | 0 | 680K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 675 · prior 12 2,982(-77%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Faulconer, Vernon E., Inc.May 1994 → Dec 2021
- 2Faulconer Energy, LLCJan 2022 → Nov 2023
- 3SM Operating Company LLCFeb 2024 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38279-99 | Drill | Woolf & Magee, Inc. | Dec 7, 1978 | Dec 7, 1978 | Dec 15, 1978 | 9,460 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-80716 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,296 | 9,304 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,067 | 11 | 700 S |
| 2.375 | 9,131 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 9,414 | 7.875 | 250 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 2, 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 42-373-30426 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-373-30426 → 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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