WELL · 42-041-30679 · DISTRICT 3
Dudake Paul L. Unit #H 1
Brazos County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Horizontal
Dudake Paul L. Unit #H 1 (API 42-041-30679) is a plugged horizontal well in Brazos County, plugged May 4, 1995, last operated by Union Pacific Resources Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1981 and 1995, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Cody Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Union Pacific Resources Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford, Buda, Georgetown.
Its 2 leases have reported 145K barrels of oil and 543K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Union Pacific Resources Company
Permitted by Cody Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Fort Worth, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 9, 2001 · 5,638 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Union Pacific Resources Company |
| Production reports | Wildfire Energy Operating LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Cody Energy, Inc.Oct 2, 1995 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Oct 2, 1995
- last permit issued
- Jun 6, 1982
- completed
- 145K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 543K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 6, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 4, 1995
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul L. Dudake Unit H-1 O-3-22849 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 144K | 543K | Nov 1995 – Jul 2026 |
| Dudake, Paul L. Unit O-3-16594 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Union Pacific Resources Company | 1 | 1.5K | 13 | Jan 1993 – Aug 1995 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,341 · prior 12 531(+153%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 3,802(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1994
- 2Cody Energy, Inc.Nov 1995 → Jul 1998
- 3Future Petroleum CorporationAug 1998 → Jul 1999
- 4Bargo Energy CompanyAug 1999 → May 2001
- 5Mission Resources CorporationJun 2001 → Dec 2005
- 6Petrohawk Operating CompanyJan 2006 → Nov 2007
- 7Milagro Exploration, LLCDec 2007 → Oct 2015
- 8White Oak Operating Company LLCNov 2015 → Jun 2016
- 9E2 Operating LLCJul 2016 → Apr 2025
- 10Wildfire Energy Operating LLCMay 2025 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 440425-98 | Reenter | Cody Energy, Inc. | Nov 2, 1995 | Oct 2, 1995 | Oct 19, 1995 | 7,900 |
| 440425-99 | Reenter | Cody Energy, Inc. | Oct 2, 1995 | Oct 2, 1995 | — | 7,900 |
| 139944-99 | Drill | Gaelic Petroleum-Talco Inc. | Nov 6, 1981 | Nov 6, 1981 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-16594 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-22849 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 246 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 7,600 | -7,354 |
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD | 7,806 | -7,560 |
| Buda | 8,230 | -7,984 |
| Georgetown | 8,310 | -8,064 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,692 | 7,798 | Perforated |
| 7,872 | 10,390 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,219 | 12.25 | 752 S |
| 2.375 | 8,254 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,457 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,467 | 8.75 | 1,840 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 | Jan 5, 1996 | Nov 20, 1995 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 18, 1995 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 3, 1983 | — |
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 42-041-30679 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-041-30679 → scanned completion filings
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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