WELL · 42-507-31878 · DISTRICT 1

Howett-Petty Unit 1 #1

Plugged

Zavala County · Dos Arroyos (San Miguel) field  · Vertical

Howett-Petty Unit 1 #1 (API 42-507-31878) is a plugged well in Zavala County, plugged January 3, 2023, last operated by Acorn Oil & Gas LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 29, 1982, permitted to 5,500 ft.

It was permitted by Retama Oil Corporation and has since transferred to Acorn Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Bkn-Sand, Top Of Cretaceous, Olmos, Sand (San Miguel).

Its lease has reported 8.65K barrels of oil and 56 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in April 2023.

Operator of record

Acorn Oil & Gas LLC

Permitted by Retama Oil Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Iraan, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · (830) 261-1196

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleAcorn Oil & Gas LLC
Production reportsAcorn Oil & Gas, LLCthrough Oct 2022
Latest permitRetama Oil CorporationDec 29, 1982

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

5,500
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Dec 29, 1982
last permit issued
Feb 22, 1985
completed
8.65K
cumulative oil, bbl
56
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Feb 22, 1985
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jan 3, 2023

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
Howett-Petty Unit 1 O-1-10256Dos Arroyos (San Miguel)Acorn Oil & Gas, LLC18.65K56Jan 1993 – Apr 2023

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. 1Retama Oil CorporationJan 1993 → Aug 1997
  2. 2V/J Oil CompanyJul 2007 → Jul 2008
  3. 3Civron Petroleum Res., LLCJul 2009 → Jan 2021
  4. 4Overstreet, Jamie LFeb 2021 → Dec 2021
  5. 5Acorn Oil & Gas, LLCJan 2022 → Oct 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
181463-99DrillRetama Oil CorporationDec 29, 1982Dec 29, 1982—5,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-1-10256————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 690 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
BKN-Sand1689
Top of Cretaceous3,100-2,410
OlmosTOP OF OLMOS4,100-3,410
Sand (San Miguel)5,030-4,340

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,0285,044Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62525112.25175 S
4.55,1867.8751,250 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 26, 1985Mar 15, 1985—
00Mar 23, 1985——

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 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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