WELL · 42-481-34838 · DISTRICT 3
W. A. Braden Oil Unit #1
Wharton County · Nada (Yegua 7000) field · Vertical
W. A. Braden Oil Unit #1 (API 42-481-34838) is a plugged well in Wharton County, plugged October 7, 2008, last operated by Live Oak OP & Production L.L.C..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued March 14, 2006, permitted to 7,500 ft.
It was permitted by Ipact and has since transferred to Live Oak OP & Production L.L.C. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Frio.
Its lease has reported 528 barrels of oil since July 2006, last reporting in January 2009.
Operator of record
Live Oak OP & Production L.L.C.
Permitted by Ipact; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Austin, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 6, 2012 · 9 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Live Oak OP & Production L.L.C. |
| Production reports | Ipactthrough Sep 2006 |
| Latest permit | IpactMar 14, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Mar 14, 2006
- last permit issued
- Aug 2, 2006
- completed
- 528
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 2006 THROUGH Jan 2009
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 2, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 7, 2008
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. A. Braden Oil Unit O-3-25073 | Nada (Yegua 7000) | Live Oak OP & Production, L.L.C. | 1 | 528 | 0 | Jul 2006 – Jan 2009 |
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.
- 1IpactJul 2006 → Sep 2006
Permits
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-25073 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 125 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE | 2,640 | -2,515 |
| Frio | 3,600 | -3,475 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,940 | 7,440 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 760 | 12.25 | 295 S |
| 4.5 | 7,492 | 7.875 | 980 S |
| 4.5 | — | 7.875 | — |
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 15, 2008 | Oct 12, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 6, 2007 | — | — |
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 42-481-34838 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-481-34838 → 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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