WELL · 42-481-32533 · DISTRICT 3

Pierce Estates 'J' #5

Pierce Estates 'J' #5 (API 42-481-32533) is a permitted well in Wharton County filed by Richards Producing Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1983, permitted to 6,400 ft.

Its 2 leases have reported 294K barrels of oil and 172K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 9 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Richards Producing Company

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Aug 22, 1985
Permits on file: 51
Phone: (713) 621-8900

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	McGowan Working Partners, Inc.through Apr 2026
Latest permit	Richards Producing CompanySep 30, 1983

6,400: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Sep 30, 1983: last permit issued
—: completed
294K: cumulative oil, bbl
172K: 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 9 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Pierce Ranch N 4850 Unit O-3-24337	Pierce Ranch (4850)	McGowan Working Partners, Inc.	7	245K	112K	May 2003 – Jul 2026
Pierce Estates 'J' O-3-16197	Pierce Ranch (4850)	McGowan Working Partners, Inc.	2	49K	60.4K	Jan 1993 – Jul 2003

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 4,310 · prior 12 4,171(+3%)

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 4,626 · prior 12 4,718(-2%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Armour Resource Holdings, Ltd.Jan 1993 → Jun 1994
2Shanghai Energy CorporationJul 1994 → Dec 2000
3McGowan Working Partners, Inc.Nov 2001 → Apr 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
215820-99	Drill	Richards Producing Company	Sep 26, 1983	Sep 30, 1983	—	6,400
206183-99	Drill	Richards Producing Company	Sep 26, 1983	Aug 3, 1983	—	6,400

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-16197	—	—	—	—
—	— O-3-24337	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,876	4,889	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	1,047	13.5	515 S
2.375	4,621	—	—
5.5	4,996	8.75	300 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 23, 2003	Sep 27, 1983	—
00	Jan 12, 1984	Sep 27, 1983	—

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 42-481-32533 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-481-32533 → 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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