TEXAS · WELLS · WHARTON COUNTY · BROWN LEASE · API 42-481-34588 · DISTRICT 03
Brown #1
Wharton County · Wharton W. (4570) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Brown #1 (API 42-481-34588) is a well in Wharton County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed January 13, 2004 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in November 1, 2011.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 7, 2003, permitted to 6,000 ft.
It was permitted by Forest Oil Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Frio.
Its lease has reported 395K mcf of gas since December 2003, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Forest Oil Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Oct 2011 |
| Latest permit | Forest Oil Corp.Nov 7, 2003 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 7, 2003
- last permit issued
- Jan 13, 2004
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 395K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2003 THROUGH Oct 2011
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 13, 2004
- Shut in
- Nov 1, 2011
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown G-3-200443 | Wharton, W. (4570) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 0 | 395K | Dec 2003 – Oct 2011 |
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.
- 1Forest Oil CorporationDec 2003 → Oct 2011
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 538391-99 | Drill | Forest Oil Corp. | Nov 7, 2003 | Nov 7, 2003 | Nov 15, 2003 | 6,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2004 | Brown G-3-200443 | Wharton W. (4570) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Nov 1, 2011 | 6,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 4,596 | 4,600 | Perforated |
| 5,104 | 5,107 | Perforated |
| 5,270 | 5,272 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,018 | 12.25 | 550 S |
| 2.875 | 5,968 | 7.875 | 1,040 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 | May 4, 2004 | Mar 22, 2004 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 16, 2004 | — | — |
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 42-481-34588 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-481-34588 → 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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