WELL · 42-441-32124 · DISTRICT 7
Payne G. E. Est. #15
Taylor County · Taylor County Regular field · Vertical
Payne G. E. Est. #15 (API 42-441-32124) is a plugged well in Taylor County, plugged December 10, 2016, last operated by Amherst Energy Holdings LLC.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1982 and 2004, permitted to 2,000 ft.
It was permitted by Payne Petroleum and has since transferred to Amherst Energy Holdings LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Dothan, Lower Flippen.
Its 2 leases have reported 12.6K barrels of oil and 239 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 15 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Payne Petroleum; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Highland VLG, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 3 permits on file · (469) 648-8767
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Amherst Energy Holdings LLC |
| Production reports | Amherst Energy Holdings, LLCthrough Jun 2016 |
| Latest permit | Payne PetroleumFeb 9, 2004 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 9, 2004
- last permit issued
- Feb 23, 2004
- completed
- 12.6K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 239
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 23, 2004
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 10, 2016
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 15 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Kirby Unit O-8-10633 | Lake Kirby | Chan West Oil Corporation | 14 | 9.11K | 239 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| Payne, G. E. Est. O-8-29360 | Taylor County Regular | Amherst Energy Holdings, LLC | 1 | 3.51K | 0 | Feb 2004 – Apr 2017 |
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.
- 1Sims, John S.Jan 1993 → Jul 1995
- 2Brandt, BodieAug 1995 → Apr 1996
- 3Chan West Oil CorporationJun 1996 → Mar 2005
- 4Payne PetroleumFeb 2004 → Oct 2006
- 5Waters PetroleumDec 2006 → Mar 2010
- 6Sanders Energy LLCApr 2010 → Aug 2012
- 7Gray Oil & Gas Inc.Sep 2012 → Jul 2013
- 8Amherst Energy Holdings, LLCAug 2013 → Jun 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541513-99 | Recompletion | Payne Petroleum | Feb 2, 2004 | Feb 9, 2004 | Feb 20, 2004 | 2,000 |
| 152241-99 | Drill | Texas United Geoproduction, Inc. | Mar 1, 1982 | Mar 1, 1982 | — | 2,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-8-10633 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-29360 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,815 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Dothan | 1,492 | 323 |
| Lower Flippen | 1,945 | -130 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,868 | 1,904 | Perforated |
| 1,945 | 1,950 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 101 | 11 | 90 S |
| 2.375 | 1,730 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 1,945 | 7.875 | 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 | Apr 5, 2004 | Feb 27, 2004 | — |
| 00 | Mar 15, 2004 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 29, 1982 | — |
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 42-441-32124 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-441-32124 → 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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