WELL · 42-479-32518 · DISTRICT 4
Briscoe 3-26 #1
Webb County · Gold River North (Olmos) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Briscoe 3-26 #1 (API 42-479-32518) is a well in Webb County operated by Vaquero Operating, completed December 14, 1979 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 22, 1979, permitted to 5,250 ft.
It was permitted by Hms Operating Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Vaquero Operating on the wellbore schedule.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Permitted by HMS Operating Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- FT Stockton, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 25, 2025
- Phone
- (432) 336-5214
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Vaquero Operating |
| Production reports | Vaquero Operatingthrough Sep 2019 |
| Latest permit | HMS Operating Company, Inc.Oct 22, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,250
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 22, 1979
- last permit issued
- Dec 14, 1979
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 94.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 14, 1979
- 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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briscoe 3-26 G-4-87300 | Gold River, North (Olmos) | Vaquero Operating | 1 | 0 | 94.3K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Rio Grande EnergyJan 1993 → Nov 1997
- 2Virtex Petroleum Company, Inc.Jul 2002 → Nov 2004
- 3Legend Natural Gas II, LPDec 2004 → Jul 2012
- 4Kovar Operating, LLCJan 2013 → Jul 2015
- 5Vaquero OperatingAug 2015 → Sep 2019
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61720-99 | Drill | HMS Operating Company, Inc. | Oct 22, 1979 | Oct 22, 1979 | — | 5,250 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-87300 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,891 | 4,927 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 259 | 12.25 | 150 S |
| 2.375 | 4,819 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 5,189 | 7.625 | 1,550 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 13, 1980 | — |
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 42-479-32518 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-32518 → 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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