WELL · 42-401-31173 · DISTRICT 6

Bird G. W. Estate #5

Plugged

Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field · Vertical

Bird G. W. Estate #5 (API 42-401-31173) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged March 7, 2014, last operated by Verado Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 8, 1981, permitted to 10,800 ft.

It was permitted by Mccormick Operating Company and has since transferred to Verado Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Operator of record

Verado Energy Inc.

Permitted by McCormick Operating Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Allen, TX · P-5 Inactive, filed Jan 30, 2025 · 193 permits on file · (214) 368-5322

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Verado Energy Inc.
Production reports	Verado Energy, Inc.through Sep 2012
Latest permit	McCormick Operating CompanyApr 8, 1981

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

10,800: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Apr 8, 1981: last permit issued
Jun 9, 1981: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
1.31M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2014

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Jun 9, 1981
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 7, 2014

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
Bird, G. W. Estate G-6-94019	Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)	Verado Energy, Inc.	1	0	1.31M	Jan 1993 – Mar 2014

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.

1Verado Energy, Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 2012

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
114194-99	Drill	McCormick Operating Company	Apr 8, 1981	Apr 8, 1981	Apr 17, 1981	10,800

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-6-94019	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
10,177	10,452	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	3,202	12.25	1,400 S
2.375	10,015	—	—
5.5	10,555	8.75	1,235 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	Jun 2, 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 42-401-31173 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-401-31173 → 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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