Well 1, PIERCE ESTATE A, Wharton County, Texas
API 48134950 — recorded on 2 leases.
Well API 48134950 is recorded on the PIERCE ESTATE A lease in Wharton County, Texas, operated by BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC.. The state files a total depth of 10,423 ft, a last completion filed Mar 27 2014, 2 drilling permits and 1 hydraulic fracturing disclosure. A plugging record was filed Jun 2 2020.
Leases
| Lease | Well no. | Operator | Field | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIERCE ESTATE A | 1 | BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. | EL CAMPO (YEGUA) | On |
| PIERCE ESTATE A | 1ST | BALLARD EXPLORATION COMPANY,INC. | PIERCE (YEGUA DY-1) | On |
The hole
- Total depth
- 10,423 ft
- Casing strings
- 6
- Deepest casing
- 8,340 ft
- Survey
- I&GN RR CO
- Abstract
- 221
- Block / section
- 38
- Plugging records
- 6
- Bottom hole location
- 29.22719, -96.19107
Drilling permits
From the Railroad Commission's drilling permit master — the application record, not a record of drilling. A permit is an application the Commission filed and numbered; the spud date is the only field here that says a hole was started. This file carries no approval status, so none is shown.
| Permit | Issued | Type | Lease | Depth | Spud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 712460 | Mar 28 2011 | Recompletion | PIERCE ESTATE Ano. 1ST | 11,000 ft | Jan 21 2011 |
| 6517832 records | Dec 27 2007 | Drill | PIERCE ESTATE Ano. 1 | 11,000 ft | Feb 1 2008 |
What the lease produced
Texas reports oil and gas by lease, never by wellbore, so this is the whole lease. Values are volume multiplied by the published monthly price, the same arithmetic the lease page shows in full.
Hydraulic fracturing
Disclosed to FracFocus, the registry Texas designates by statute (Natural Resources Code §91.851; 16 TAC §3.29). FracFocus is run by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, not by a state agency — but the filing itself is required by Texas rule.