WELL · 42-423-30693 · DISTRICT 6
Brown J. Heirs #1
Smith County · Chapel Hill (Travis Peak) field · Vertical
Brown J. Heirs #1 (API 42-423-30693) is a plugged well in Smith County, plugged July 24, 1996, last operated by Little & Whyte Operating Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1983, permitted to 8,900 ft.
It was permitted by Clemco and has since transferred to Little & Whyte Operating Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Nacatoch, Pecan Gap, Goodland, Pettit.
Its 2 leases have reported 4.92K barrels of oil and 58.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 1996. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Clemco; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Tyler, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 5, 2006
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Little & Whyte Operating Inc. |
| Production reports | Little & Whyte Operating, Inc.through Apr 1996 |
| Latest permit | ClemcoDec 12, 1983 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,900
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Dec 12, 1983
- last permit issued
- Jun 28, 1983
- completed
- 4.92K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 58.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 1996
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 28, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 24, 1996
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, J. Heirs O-6-11090 | Chapel Hill (Travis Peak) | Little & Whyte Operating, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Sep 1996 |
| Brown, J. Heirs O-6-11234 | Chapel Hill (Pettit) | Little & Whyte Operating, Inc. | 1 | 4.92K | 58.3K | Jan 1993 – Sep 1996 |
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.
- 1Altair Energy Corp.Jan 1993 → Sep 1993
- 2Smal Energy CorpOct 1993 → Jul 1995
- 3Little & Whyte Operating, Inc.Aug 1995 → Apr 1996
Permits
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-6-11090 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-6-11234 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,240 | 8,251 | Perforated |
| 8,304 | 8,313 | Perforated |
| 8,397 | 8,406 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 976 | 12.25 | 540 S |
| 2.375 | 8,293 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 8,651 | 7.875 | 1,455 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 | Feb 16, 1984 | Dec 5, 1983 | — |
| 00 | Feb 15, 1984 | Dec 5, 1983 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 5, 1983 | — |
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 42-423-30693 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-423-30693 → 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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