BRACKEN OPERATING, L.L.C.
Inspections and violations
What the Railroad Commission's field inspectors recorded at this operator's facilities. An inspection count tracks how much this operator runs in Texas; the rate beside it is what the inspectors found.
| Rule | What the Commission cited it for | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| SWR 3.8(d)(1) | Unpermitted Disposal of Oil and Gas Wastes | 17 |
| SWR 3.3(2) | Well Sign | 13 |
| SWR 3.22(b) | Bird Protection | 12 |
| SWR 3.3(3) | Battery Sign; Commingling Permit | 11 |
| SWR 3.3(1) | Entrance Sign | 6 |
The five commonest of 19 rules cited against this operator.
What the Commission did
- Notice of Violation 83
From the Commission's inspection and violation files, covering Aug 1 2015 to Aug 7 2026. The two are separate files with no key between them, so the violations here are not a subset of the 83 inspections that found this operator out of compliance — they are counted from their own file. 1 of the violations were still uncorrected when the inspector returned.
Commission dockets
Cases the Railroad Commission opened naming this operator. Most dockets are applications — commonly for an exception to the statewide spacing rule — and a small number are compliance orders.
| Type | What the Commission's remarks call it | Dockets |
|---|---|---|
| A37 | Rule 37 spacing exception | 7 |
| 7A8 | Rule 37 or 38 exception | 3 |
| R38 | Rule 38 well-density exception | 2 |
| MER | no published meaning for this code | 1 |
| R37 | Rule 37 docket | 1 |
From the Commission's docket file published 2025-02-05. It is the only copy on the Commission's link, so nothing filed after that date appears here. The dates shown are the earliest and latest the record carries — 14 Apr 1997 to 1 Jul 2010. The file holds eight date fields per docket and the Commission publishes no key to which is which, so none is named here.
Leases
Every lease is a page of its own: the monthly volumes the state published, multiplied by the monthly price. Value is lifetime, from Jan 1993.
50 of 253 leases
| MCMORDIE10/7229 | Oil lease | $72.4 M |
| ANDREWS10/8588 | Oil lease | $28.9 M |
| GRUVER STAR10/184021 | Gas well | $18.9 M |
| BOZEMAN10/9435 | Oil lease | $18.0 M |
| GRACIE 11710/269038 | Gas well | $16.5 M |
| WILLIAMS FARM10/8593 | Oil lease | $15.3 M |
| THRASHER10/9763 | Oil lease | $13.6 M |
| ELLIOTT10/9276 | Oil lease | $11.9 M |
| GARNETT10/9271 | Oil lease | $11.1 M |
| RED DEVIL10/218942 | Gas well | $10.7 M |
| GREEVER10/8519 | Oil lease | $10.0 M |
| SHELL FEE 1710/266371 | Gas well | $9.9 M |
| VOLLMERT TRUST10/266386 | Gas well | $9.1 M |
| HOLT 16210/292482 | Gas well | $9.0 M |
| DANIEL 13910/223339 | Gas well | $8.9 M |
| SPIVEY10/170144 | Gas well | $8.7 M |
| WRIGHT10/8781 | Oil lease | $8.4 M |
| FLOWERS10/266367 | Gas well | $8.3 M |
| RISLEY, MAMIE PEARL10/147754 | Gas well | $8.3 M |
| T.M. SHAPLEY10/242477 | Gas well | $8.2 M |
| ALLAR-CLAWSON10/199377 | Gas well | $8.2 M |
| ELLIS10/8689 | Oil lease | $8.1 M |
| WAYNE 8810/273600 | Gas well | $8.1 M |
| ALLAR-CLAWSON10/224985 | Gas well | $8.0 M |
| HART10/183614 | Gas well | $8.0 M |
| ISAACS10/188959 | Gas well | $7.9 M |
| CAMPBELL10/172201 | Gas well | $7.9 M |
| VOLLMERT TRUST SL10/246766 | Gas well | $7.8 M |
| KIRMSE, J.10/177728 | Gas well | $7.8 M |
| STERYL10/8771 | Oil lease | $7.7 M |
| RUTH 8710/267729 | Gas well | $7.7 M |
| RED DEVIL10/241145 | Gas well | $7.4 M |
| MENDOTA RANCH 3610/268478 | Gas well | $6.9 M |
| SHELL FEE 1310/268480 | Gas well | $6.9 M |
| MARY 11810/272629 | Gas well | $6.7 M |
| CARTER10/9768 | Oil lease | $6.5 M |
| BRENNA10/275898 | Gas well | $6.4 M |
| KILLEBREW 11910/264648 | Gas well | $6.4 M |
| CLEVELAND WAYNE 8710/137269 | Gas well | $6.2 M |
| VOLLMERT TRUST10/246765 | Gas well | $6.0 M |
| LOGAN 89510/257305 | Gas well | $5.8 M |
| HALE10/7455 | Oil lease | $5.8 M |
| PITTMAN10/172793 | Gas well | $5.7 M |
| FLOWERS10/266463 | Gas well | $5.5 M |
| CRIPPLE CREEK10/163408 | Gas well | $5.4 M |
| ZYBACH 6610/265130 | Gas well | $5.3 M |
| ALLEN10/201072 | Gas well | $5.2 M |
| JCTL10/8784 | Oil lease | $5.1 M |
| WILSON ESTATE -A-10/72182 | Gas well | $5.0 M |
| ELLIS10/8618 | Oil lease | $4.9 M |
Pipeline systems
The named networks BRACKEN OPERATING, L.L.C. operates. One physical pipeline is usually filed as hundreds of segments, so a system — not a segment — is the unit worth reading.
| System | Miles | Segments | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYDON | 6.8 | 13 | 2 |