WELL · 42-399-31149 · DISTRICT 7

Kurtz #1

Plugged

Kurtz #1 (API 42-399-31149) is a plugged well in Runnels County, plugged May 3, 1978, last operated by China Star Oil CO., LLC.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1978 and 2005, permitted to 4,625 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Palo Pinto, U. Capps, Fry Sand, L. Capps.

Its lease has reported 17.2K barrels of oil and 4.79K mcf of gas since April 2006, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

China Star Oil Co., LLC

Woodway, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 5, 2010 · 9 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	MM China Star Oil Co., LLCthrough Apr 2016
Latest permit	China Star Oil Co., LLCOct 28, 2005

4,625: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Oct 28, 2005: last permit issued
—: completed
17.2K: cumulative oil, bbl
4.79K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 2006 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: May 3, 1978

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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Kurtz O-9-15923	Deike (Fry)	MM China Star Oil Co., LLC	2	17.2K	4.79K	Apr 2006 – Jul 2026

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

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

1China Star Oil Co., LLCApr 2006 → Jun 2010
2MM China Star Oil Co., LLCJul 2010 → Apr 2016

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
608443-99	Reenter	China Star Oil Co., LLC	Oct 25, 2005	Oct 28, 2005	Mar 25, 2006	4,625
21785-99	Drill	Fletcher, E. B.	Apr 7, 1978	Apr 7, 1978	Apr 15, 1978	4,625

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-9-15923	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,934 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Palo Pinto	3,985	-2,051
U. Capps	4,295	-2,361
Fry Sand	4,364	-2,430
L. Capps	4,475	-2,541

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,366	4,374	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	201	—	175 S
4.5	4,453	7.875	155 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	Sep 15, 2006	Apr 20, 2006	Yes
00	May 10, 2006	—	—

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 42-399-31149 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-399-31149 → 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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