TEXAS · WELLS · WARD COUNTY · RICHTER, LOUIS LEASE · API 42-475-02838 · DISTRICT 7B
Richter Louis #18
Ward County · Ward-Estes North field · Injection · Vertical
Richter Louis #18 (API 42-475-02838) is a well in Ward County operated by Crescent Energy Operating LLC, completed May 15, 2013 and listed as injection on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 10, 1993, permitted to 3,006 ft.
It was permitted by MR Oil Company and has since transferred to Crescent Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Yates.
Its lease has reported 192K barrels of oil and 188K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 40 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit, with 68.5K barrels injected in the 12 months reported through July 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mr Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 28, 2025
- Permits on file
- 54
- Phone
- (713) 337-4600
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Crescent Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Crescent Energy Operating, LLCthrough Jan 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mr Oil CompanyMay 10, 1993 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,006
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 10, 1993
- last permit issued
- May 15, 2013
- completed
- 192K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 188K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 15, 2013
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 40 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richter, Louis O-10-7342 | Ward-Estes, North | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 40 | 192K | 188K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 460 · prior 12 822(-44%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 244 · prior 12 690(-65%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mr Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Jul 2004
- 2Stanolind Operating Corp.Aug 2004 → Apr 2008
- 3Eagle Rock Operating Company,llcMay 2008 → Oct 2015
- 4Vanguard Operating, LLCNov 2015 → Aug 2019
- 5Grizzly OP of Delaware, LLCSep 2019 → Jan 2021
- 6Contango Resources, Inc.Feb 2021 → Jul 2021
- 7Contango Resources, LLCSep 2022 → Oct 2025
- 8Crescent Energy Operating, LLCNov 2025 → Jan 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411433-99 | Reenter | Mr Oil Company | May 6, 1993 | May 10, 1993 | Sep 20, 1993 | 3,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2013 | Richter Louis O-10-7342 | Ward-Estes North | Crescent Energy Operating LLC | Injection | 3,006 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,605 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yates | 2,790 | -185 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,790 | 3,006 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 601 | 12.25 | 225 S |
| 9.625 | 601 | 12.5 | 225 S |
| 7 | 2,807 | 8.75 | 136 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 9, 2014 | Jun 19, 2013 | — |
| 00 | Mar 19, 2012 | Dec 29, 2011 | — |
| 00 | May 21, 2007 | Sep 14, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Jan 7, 1994 | Oct 19, 1993 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 2, 1993 | — | — |
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 42-475-02838 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-02838 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 68.5K
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 1.33M
- bbl, all reported
- Jul 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000090529 | H-1 Injection | Active | 1,000 | 1,200 | 2,790–3,006 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 68,470 · prior 12 43,505(+57%)
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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