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Pierce Estates #D 10

Plugged

Wharton County · El Campo NE (Yegua) field  · Vertical

Pierce Estates #D 10 (API 42-481-33286) is a plugged well in Wharton County, plugged September 24, 2004, last operated by Apache Corporation.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 3, 1989, permitted to 11,100 ft.

It was permitted by Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Frio, Vicksburg, Yegua, Duson-Popp Sand.

Its lease has reported 16.6K barrels of oil and 337K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Apache Corporation

Permitted by Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Houston, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Dec 3, 2025
Permits on file
9,758
Phone
(713) 954-5500

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleApache Corporation
Production reportsApache Corporationthrough May 2002
Latest permitCox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.Aug 3, 1989

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

11,100
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Aug 3, 1989
last permit issued
Oct 25, 1989
completed
16.6K
cumulative oil, bbl
337K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2002

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 25, 1989
Shut in
—
Plugged
Sep 24, 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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Pierce Estates G-3-132378El Campo, NE (Yegua)Apache Corporation116.6K337KJan 1993 – May 2002

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.

  1. 1Cox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.Jan 1993 → Aug 1997
  2. 2Apache CorporationMar 1998 → May 2002

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
362130-99DrillCox & Perkins Exploration, Inc.Jul 31, 1989Aug 3, 1989—11,100

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 25, 1989Pierce Estates G-3-132378El Campo NE (Yegua)Apache CorporationPlugged—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 94 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Frio4,594-4,500
Vicksburg6,370-6,276
Yegua9,363-9,269
Duson-Popp Sand10,015-9,921

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
10,01510,163Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,71214.751,405 S
7.6257,8969.875350 S
510,3986.75220 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Dec 8, 1989Nov 6, 1989Yes
00Nov 21, 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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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