WELL · 42-473-30737 · DISTRICT 3
Vela Ernesto #1
Waller County · Brookshire field · Vertical
Vela Ernesto #1 (API 42-473-30737) is a plugged well in Waller County, plugged September 14, 2004, last operated by Lone Wolf Operating Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 11, 2002, permitted to 4,000 ft.
It was permitted by Beta Operating Company, LLC and has since transferred to Lone Wolf Operating Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Gooding, Plunk, Catahoula, Whit Bains.
Its 2 leases have reported 8.31K barrels of oil and 21.2K mcf of gas since May 2002, last reporting in December 2004. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Beta Operating Company, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Denver, CO · P-5 Y, filed Oct 6, 2006 · 98 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Lone Wolf Operating Company |
| Production reports | Lone Wolf Operating Companythrough Jun 2004 |
| Latest permit | Beta Operating Company, LLCApr 11, 2002 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 11, 2002
- last permit issued
- May 14, 2002
- completed
- 8.31K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 2002 THROUGH Dec 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 14, 2002
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 14, 2004
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vela, Ernesto G-3-200413 | Brookshire | Lone Wolf Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 21.2K | Jan 2004 – Dec 2004 |
| Vela, Ernesto O-3-24168 | Brookshire | Lone Wolf Operating Company | 1 | 8.31K | 0 | May 2002 – Dec 2004 |
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.
- 1Lone Wolf Operating CompanyMay 2002 → Jun 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 518848-99 | Drill | Beta Operating Company, LLC | Apr 5, 2002 | Apr 11, 2002 | Apr 25, 2002 | 4,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-200413 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-24168 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 120 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Gooding | 1,920 | -1,800 |
| Plunk | 2,016 | -1,896 |
| Catahoula | 2,222 | -2,102 |
| Whit Bains | 2,490 | -2,370 |
| T Dog | 2,780 | -2,660 |
| Crawford | 2,954 | -2,834 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,432 | 2,436 | Perforated |
| 2,656 | 2,664 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 763 | 12.25 | 275 S |
| 5.5 | 3,175 | 7.875 | 416 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 29, 2004 | Mar 19, 2004 | — |
| 00 | Apr 14, 2004 | — | — |
| 00 | Jul 5, 2002 | May 24, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 4, 2002 | — | — |
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 42-473-30737 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-473-30737 → 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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