WELL · 42-457-00428 · DISTRICT 3
AR & S Drakes Branch Fee #4
Tyler County · Vertical
AR & S Drakes Branch Fee #4 (API 42-457-00428) is a permitted well in Tyler County filed by Texas City Refg. Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued February 13, 1984, permitted to 7,800 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including See Previous Report..
Its 3 leases have reported 82.4K barrels of oil and 239K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 13 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Texas City, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 5, 1994 · 127 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Neches Transport Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Texas City Refg. Inc.Feb 13, 1984 |
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Feb 13, 1984
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 82.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 239K
- 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
- —
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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 13 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. R. & S. Drakes Branch Fee O-3-24747 | Drakes Branch (Cockfield) | Neches Transport Inc. | 6 | 52.4K | 191K | Oct 2005 – Jul 2026 |
| A. R. & S. Drakes Branch Fee O-3-8433 | Drakes Branch (Cockfield 2-A) | Quail Creek Oil Corporation | 3 | 11K | 17.5K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
| A. R. & S. Drakes Branch Fee O-3-8430 | Drakes Branch (Cockfield 3) | Quail Creek Oil Corporation | 4 | 19K | 31.2K | Jan 1993 – Sep 2005 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 838 · prior 12 1,707(-51%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Westland Oil Development Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 1994
- 2Aladdin Energy, Inc.Apr 1994 → Mar 1996
- 3Quail Creek Oil CorporationAug 1996 → Jul 2020
- 4J3 Operating LLCSep 2020 → Aug 2024
- 5Neches Transport Inc.Sep 2024 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229228-99 | Recompletion | Texas City Refg. Inc. | Feb 6, 1984 | Feb 13, 1984 | — | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-8430 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-8433 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-8433 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-24747 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 155 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| See Previous Report. | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,012 | 5,016 | Perforated |
| 5,220 | 5,223 | Perforated |
| — | 5,223 | Perforated |
| — | 5,251 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 620 | — | 1,005 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 | Sep 21, 2005 | Jan 10, 1997 | — |
| 00 | Feb 10, 1997 | Jan 10, 1997 | — |
| 00 | Jan 31, 1997 | Mar 2, 1967 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 2, 1967 | — |
| 00 | 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 42-457-00428 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-457-00428 → 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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