WELL · 42-431-00280 · DISTRICT 7

Johnson Lou E. Est. #16

Plugged

Sterling County · Jameson (Strawn) field · Vertical

Johnson Lou E. Est. #16 (API 42-431-00280) is a plugged well in Sterling County, plugged March 30, 1973, last operated by Exxon Corp..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 3, 1984, permitted to 6,910 ft.

Its lease has reported 142K barrels of oil and 2.32M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 16 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

It holds an active disposal or injection permit.

Operator of record

Exxon Corp.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 3, 2003 · 19,549 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Exxon Corp.
Production reports	Quail Ridge Petroleum LLCthrough Mar 2026
Latest permit	Exxon Corp.Feb 3, 1984

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

6,910: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Feb 3, 1984: last permit issued
—: completed
142K: cumulative oil, bbl
2.32M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Mar 30, 1973

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 16 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Johnson, Lou E. Estate a/C 2 O-9-7940	Jameson (Strawn)	Quail Ridge Petroleum LLC	16	142K	2.32M	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 13,038 · prior 12 20,109(-35%)

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 605 · prior 12 1,472(-59%)

Chain of custody

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

1Miresco, Inc.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
2Midland Res. Oper. Co., Inc.Apr 1994 → Oct 1998
3Vista Resources, Inc. (A)Nov 1998 → Feb 2000
4Prize Operating CompanyMar 2000 → Mar 2002
5Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Apr 2002 → Apr 2006
6Cimarex Energy Co. of ColoradoMay 2006 → Nov 2006
7Quantum Resources Management,llcDec 2006 → Dec 2014
8Breitburn Operating L.P.Jan 2015 → Jun 2022
9Quail Ridge Petroleum LLCDec 2022 → Mar 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
228521-99	Other	Exxon Corp.	Feb 3, 1984	Feb 3, 1984	—	6,910

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-9-7940	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
6,746	6,864	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	481	11	160 sx
5.5	6,910	7.875	1,300 sx

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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Jul 6, 1984	Mar 7, 1984	—
Mar 15, 1984	Mar 7, 1984	—
Jan 12, 1984	—	—

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 42-431-00280 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-431-00280 → 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.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0: bbl, last 12 reported months
696K: bbl, all reported
Feb 2026: reported through

UIC	Kind	Status	Permitted bbl/d	Max psi	Zone ft
000050804	H-1 Injection	Active	0	0	6,746–0

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

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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