WELL · 42-383-31780 · DISTRICT 7
Bird F. A. Estate E #1
Reagan County · Calvin (Dean) field · Vertical
Bird F. A. Estate E #1 (API 42-383-31780) is a well in Reagan County operated by Bird Charles A., completed January 16, 1981.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 27, 1980, permitted to 8,300 ft.
Its 2 leases have reported 24.4K barrels of oil and 99.2K 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
Midland, TX · P-5 Inactive, filed Mar 7, 2011 · 8 permits on file · (432) 684-5543
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Bird Charles A. |
| Production reports | Bird E&P LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Bird, Charles A.Oct 27, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,300
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 27, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jan 16, 1981
- completed
- 24.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 99.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 16, 1981
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bird, F. A. Estate "E" O-9-13948 | Spraberry (Trend Area) | Bird E&P LLC | 1 | 21.7K | 86.1K | Nov 1995 – Jul 2026 |
| Bird, F. A. Estate "E" O-9-8843 | Calvin (Dean) | Bird, Charles A. | 1 | 2.76K | 13.1K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 494 · prior 12 446(+11%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bird, Charles A.Jan 1993 → Feb 2012
- 2Charles A. Bird, EstateMar 2012 → Dec 2014
- 3Bird E&P LLCFeb 2015 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96899-99 | Drill | Bird, Charles A. | Oct 27, 1980 | Oct 27, 1980 | Oct 29, 1980 | 8,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-8843 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-13948 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,413 | 8,228 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 426 | 12.25 | — |
| 2.375 | 8,168 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 8,306 | 7.875 | — |
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 | Dec 11, 1995 | May 11, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | May 11, 1981 | — |
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 42-383-31780 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-383-31780 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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