WELL · 42-495-30945 · DISTRICT 8
Brown E. #4
Winkler County · Kermit field · Shut IN · Vertical
Brown E. #4 (API 42-495-30945) is a well in Winkler County operated by Basin Oil & Gas Operating LLC, completed August 15, 1997 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 18, 1978, permitted to 3,500 ft.
It was permitted by Texas Pacific Oil Company, Inc. and has since transferred to Basin Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Base Salt, Yates, Seven Rivers, Queen.
Its lease has reported 16K barrels of oil and 213K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
It holds an active disposal or injection permit.
Operator of record
Permitted by Texas Pacific Oil Company, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 21, 2026
- Permits on file
- 150
- Phone
- (817) 820-8910
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Basin Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Iron Orchard Operating LLCthrough Feb 2020 |
| Latest permit | Texas Pacific Oil Company, Inc.May 18, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 3,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 18, 1978
- last permit issued
- Aug 15, 1997
- completed
- 16K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 213K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 15, 1997
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, E. O-10-25105 | Kermit | Basin Oil & Gas Operating, LLC | 4 | 16K | 213K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Baldwin and Baldwin Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Aug 1993
- 2G P II Energy, Inc.Sep 1993 → Dec 2015
- 3Founders Oil & Gas Operating,llcJan 2016 → Feb 2017
- 4Brown, Oliver OilDec 2018 → Sep 2019
- 5Iron Orchard Operating LLCOct 2019 → Feb 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24566-99 | Drill | Texas Pacific Oil Company, Inc. | May 18, 1978 | May 18, 1978 | Jun 11, 1978 | 3,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-10-25105 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,836 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Base Salt | 2,271 | 565 |
| Yates | 2,407 | 429 |
| Seven Rivers | 2,731 | 105 |
| Queen | 3,050 | -214 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,948 | 3,155 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 596 | 12.25 | 400 S |
| 2.375 | 2,870 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 3,187 | 7.875 | 1,200 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 | Jul 8, 1998 | Jun 5, 1998 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 13, 1978 | — |
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 42-495-30945 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-495-30945 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.
Beyond the permit record
RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes
Injection
- 0
- bbl, last 12 reported months
- 486K
- bbl, all reported
- Aug 2025
- reported through
| UIC | Kind | Status | Permitted bbl/d | Max psi | Zone ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000016559 | H-1 Injection | Active | 300 | 1,000 | 2,900–3,150 |
MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0
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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