BRIDWELL OIL CO.
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 | 82 |
| SWR 3.21(l) | Proper Construction and Maintenance of Power Line to Well | 71 |
| SWR 3.3(2) | Well Sign | 39 |
| SWR 3.46 | Compliance with Permit Conditions | 20 |
| SWR 3.46(a) | Permit Required for Injection Well | 12 |
The five commonest of 31 rules cited against this operator.
What the Commission did
- Notice of Violation 341
- Referred to Austin Field Ops for possible legal enforcement 3
- Issued a Severance/Seal Order 1
- Violation Corrected 1
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 313 inspections that found this operator out of compliance — they are counted from their own file. 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| R37 | Rule 37 docket | 32 |
| A37 | Rule 37 spacing exception | 29 |
| FRL | Temporary field rules | 7 |
| GOR | no published meaning for this code | 5 |
| USR | no published meaning for this code | 3 |
The five commonest of 8 types this operator carries.
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 — 5 Aug 1980 to 29 Apr 2024. 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 323 leases
| BRIDWELL RIVER RANCH09/1458 | Oil lease | $146.1 M |
| SALMON -A-09/4139 | Oil lease | $20.3 M |
| RULE WEST UNIT7B/28428 | Oil lease | $20.1 M |
| MCFADDIN UNIT09/29901 | Oil lease | $19.9 M |
| HICKMAN, N. W. -A-7C/92 | Oil lease | $19.3 M |
| BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -J-09/16270 | Oil lease | $18.2 M |
| SCALING RANCH -H-09/18435 | Oil lease | $17.3 M |
| FOSTER, H.S. -22-08/22148 | Oil lease | $16.8 M |
| AMOCO-COLLIER ESTATE8A/68048 | Oil lease | $16.1 M |
| MCBROOM, A. E. MRS.8A/6681 | Oil lease | $15.9 M |
| UNIVERSITY -BR-7C/7047 | Oil lease | $15.8 M |
| MURPHY, JOHN02/4166 | Oil lease | $15.8 M |
| SAGE DRAW UNIT8A/66530 | Oil lease | $15.3 M |
| WIGHT, L. E. -A-08/9002 | Oil lease | $14.3 M |
| SMITH, LEE09/28174 | Oil lease | $13.2 M |
| BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -N-09/33691 | Oil lease | $12.1 M |
| BARTON04/14100 | Oil lease | $10.8 M |
| HAMILTON, DIANE WELDER02/6598 | Oil lease | $10.1 M |
| MURPHY, JOHN -A-02/3512 | Oil lease | $9.8 M |
| MILLER -521-8A/67815 | Oil lease | $9.4 M |
| MCFADDIN RANCH "A"09/21557 | Oil lease | $9.2 M |
| CAMP, J. L. ETAL7B/6170 | Oil lease | $8.9 M |
| BRIDWELL RIVER RANCH09/29510 | Oil lease | $8.8 M |
| INGLE, C. -A-09/19362 | Oil lease | $7.9 M |
| MURPHY, JOHN -A-02/3597 | Oil lease | $7.8 M |
| COLLIER "7"8A/68047 | Oil lease | $7.7 M |
| NEVINS GARDNER UNIT7C/5820 | Oil lease | $7.7 M |
| MORRISON SOUTH GAS UNIT8A/203006 | Gas well | $7.1 M |
| BROWNFIELD8A/65368 | Oil lease | $7.0 M |
| SCALING RANCH -E-09/18256 | Oil lease | $6.9 M |
| FOSTER, H. S.08/22017 | Oil lease | $6.9 M |
| HALSELL, FURD -A-09/1708 | Oil lease | $6.6 M |
| SCALING RANCH "Q"09/22466 | Oil lease | $6.6 M |
| MURPHY, WILLIE02/3593 | Oil lease | $6.0 M |
| BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -G-09/11249 | Oil lease | $5.9 M |
| MURPHY, JOHN02/3601 | Oil lease | $5.6 M |
| F.S. OVERSTREET -A-09/32202 | Oil lease | $5.4 M |
| HALSELL, FURD -A-09/15923 | Oil lease | $5.3 M |
| MURPHY, JOHN -A-02/9092 | Oil lease | $5.3 M |
| BLANTON -A-09/18777 | Oil lease | $5.1 M |
| BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -D-09/29564 | Oil lease | $5.1 M |
| MASTEN8A/63220 | Oil lease | $4.6 M |
| MURPHY, JOHN02/9083 | Oil lease | $4.5 M |
| BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -L-09/19415 | Oil lease | $4.2 M |
| STAPP, D.C.7B/23813 | Oil lease | $4.2 M |
| ALEXANDER, MINOR -A-7B/4170 | Oil lease | $4.0 M |
| SPC MILLER -521-8A/66661 | Oil lease | $4.0 M |
| BRIDWELL ARCHER RANCH -P-09/29984 | Oil lease | $3.9 M |
| DICKERSON 2657B/27483 | Oil lease | $3.8 M |
| MURPHY, WILLIE02/7548 | Oil lease | $3.8 M |
Pipeline systems
The named networks BRIDWELL OIL CO. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLUVANNA AREA GATHERING SYSTEM | 7.2 | 5 | 2 |