TEXAS · WELLS · WHARTON COUNTY · PIERCE ESTATE LEASE · API 42-481-33228 · DISTRICT 03
Pierce Estate #D 8
Wharton County · El Campo NE (Yegua) field · Vertical
Pierce Estate #D 8 (API 42-481-33228) is a plugged well in Wharton County, plugged March 18, 1997, last operated by Cox & Perkins Exploration Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 30, 1988, permitted to 11,000 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Frio, Vicksburg, Yegua.
Its lease has reported 13.7K barrels of oil and 250K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Cox & Perkins Exploration Inc.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 3, 2012
- Permits on file
- 306
- Phone
- (713) 783-7880
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Cox & Perkins Exploration Inc. |
| Production reports | Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.through Oct 1996 |
| Latest permit | Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.Dec 30, 1988 |
- 11,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 30, 1988
- last permit issued
- Feb 1, 1989
- completed
- 13.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 250K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 1996
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 1, 1989
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 18, 1997
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Estate G-3-129900 | El Campo, NE (Yegua) | Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc. | 1 | 13.7K | 250K | Jan 1993 – Oct 1996 |
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.
- 1Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 1996
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 354700-99 | Drill | Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc. | Dec 28, 1988 | Dec 30, 1988 | — | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 1989 | Pierce Estate G-3-129900 | El Campo NE (Yegua) | Cox & Perkins Exploration Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 95 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | 10,022 | Perforated |
| 10,040 | 10,100 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,720 | 14.75 | 1,305 S |
| 7.625 | 8,007 | 9.875 | 340 S |
| 5.5 | 10,633 | 6.75 | 180 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Mar 14, 1989 | Feb 14, 1989 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 4, 1989 | — | — |
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 42-481-33228 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-481-33228 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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