WELL · 42-431-31805 · DISTRICT 8
Ray A #1531
Sterling County · Conger (Penn) field · Vertical
Ray A #1531 (API 42-431-31805) is a well in Sterling County operated by Wagner & Brown Ltd., completed July 18, 1986.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 25, 1986, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Wagner & Brown and has since transferred to Wagner & Brown Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 7 formation tops, including Bottom Cretaceous, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen.
Its 2 leases have reported 74.8K barrels of oil and 4.99M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 25 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Wagner & Brown; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 25, 2013
- Permits on file
- 298
- Phone
- (432) 682-7936
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wagner & Brown Ltd. |
| Production reports | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Wagner & BrownMar 25, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 25, 1986
- last permit issued
- Jul 18, 1986
- completed
- 74.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 4.99M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 18, 1986
- 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 25 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray "A" O-10-24800 | Conger (Penn) | Burk Royalty Co., Ltd. | 24 | 74.8K | 4.94M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Ray "A" G-10-140920 | Conger (Penn) | Wagner & Brown, Ltd. | 1 | 0 | 44.8K | Jan 1993 – Oct 1994 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 40,075 · prior 12 48,424(-17%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 99 · prior 12 256(-61%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Wagner & Brown, Ltd.Jan 1993 → Dec 2003
- 2Range Production CompanyJan 2004 → Jul 2014
- 3EQT Production Texas, LLCAug 2014 → Jun 2018
- 4Stanolind Production LLCJul 2018 → Dec 2020
- 5Slant Operating, LLCJan 2021 → Dec 2021
- 6Burk Royalty Co., Ltd.Jan 2022 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300165-99 | Drill | Wagner & Brown | Jun 23, 1986 | Mar 25, 1986 | Jun 28, 1986 | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-10-140920 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-10-24800 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,670 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Bottom Cretaceous | 358 | 2,312 |
| Yates | 1,210 | 1,460 |
| Seven Rivers7 RIVERS | 1,380 | 1,290 |
| Queen | 1,680 | 990 |
| Cisco | 7,563 | -4,893 |
| Canyon | 7,934 | -5,264 |
| LRS | 8,206 | -5,536 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,613 | 7,819 | Perforated |
| 8,002 | 8,111 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,947 | 11 | 900 S |
| 8.625 | 1,947 | 12.25 | 1,250 S |
| 4.5 | 8,387 | 7.875 | 500 S |
| 8.625 | — | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 4.5 | — | 7.875 | 600 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 | May 26, 1992 | Feb 28, 1992 | — |
| 00 | Mar 27, 1992 | — | — |
| 00 | Aug 27, 1986 | Aug 14, 1986 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 23, 1986 | — | — |
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 42-431-31805 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-431-31805 → 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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