WELL · 42-423-30970 · DISTRICT 6
Butler Estate A #1
Smith County · Chapel Hill NE. (Travis Peak) field · Vertical
Butler Estate A #1 (API 42-423-30970) is a well in Smith County operated by Pitts Oil CO.-Dallas Prod. Inc., completed April 25, 1985.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1985 and 1994, permitted to 8,711 ft.
It was permitted by Dallas Production, Inc. and has since transferred to Pitts Oil CO.-Dallas Prod. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak.
Its 2 leases have reported 2.64K barrels of oil and 722K 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
Pitts Oil Co.-Dallas Prod. Inc.
Permitted by Dallas Production, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 3, 1992 · 160 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Pitts Oil Co.-Dallas Prod. Inc. |
| Production reports | BRG Lone Star Ltd.through Feb 2023 |
| Latest permit | Dallas Production, Inc.Jul 14, 1994 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,711
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Jul 14, 1994
- last permit issued
- Apr 25, 1985
- completed
- 2.64K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 722K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 25, 1985
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Estate "A" G-6-150702 | Chapel Hill (Rodessa) | Atlas Operating LLC | 1 | 0 | 683K | Jun 1994 – Jul 2026 |
| Butler Estate "A" O-6-12307 | Chapel Hill (Pettit) | Dallas Production, Inc. | 1 | 2.64K | 39.6K | Jan 1993 – Sep 1994 |
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.
- 1Dallas Production, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1996
- 2Dreyfus, Louis Natural Gas CorpMar 1996 → Nov 2001
- 3Dominion Oklahoma Texas E&P, IncDec 2001 → Jul 2003
- 4Samson Lone Star LPAug 2003 → Jun 2007
- 5Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Apr 2013
- 6BRG Lone Star Ltd.May 2013 → Feb 2023
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 425872-99 | Recompletion | Dallas Production, Inc. | Jul 14, 1994 | Jul 14, 1994 | Jun 21, 1994 | 8,190 |
| 343146-99 | Recompletion | Pitts Oil Co.-Dallas Prod. Inc. | Feb 24, 1988 | Feb 24, 1988 | — | 8,711 |
| 267827-99 | Drill | Pitts Oil Co.-Dallas Prod. Inc. | Feb 26, 1985 | Feb 26, 1985 | — | 8,700 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-6-150702 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-6-12307 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 448 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Rodessa | 7,570 | -7,122 |
| Pettit | 8,195 | -7,747 |
| Travis Peak | 8,410 | -7,962 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,752 | 7,774 | Perforated |
| 8,237 | 8,243 | Perforated |
| 8,544 | 8,604 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,500 | 11 | 600 S |
| 5.5 | 8,711 | 7.875 | 1,150 S |
| 5.5 | — | 7.875 | 1,150 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 | Oct 6, 1994 | Jul 15, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 1, 1994 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 24, 1988 | Feb 26, 1988 | — |
| 00 | Mar 15, 1988 | — | — |
| 00 | Jun 18, 1985 | May 21, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jun 13, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-423-30970 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-423-30970 → 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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