WELL · 42-049-32803 · DISTRICT 7
Watkins #1
Brown County · Brown County Regular field · Vertical
Watkins #1 (API 42-049-32803) is a well in Brown County operated by Prairie Production, completed August 8, 1981.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 27, 1981, permitted to 2,850 ft.
It was permitted by Rover Oil Company and has since transferred to Prairie Production on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Duffer.
Its 2 leases have reported 243 barrels of oil and 43.7K 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
Permitted by Rover Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Feb 2, 2024 · (325) 642-3002
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Prairie Production |
| Production reports | Reach Oilthrough Aug 2025 |
| Latest permit | Rover Oil CompanyJul 27, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,850
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 27, 1981
- last permit issued
- Aug 8, 1981
- completed
- 243
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 43.7K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 8, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watkins G-8-257968 | Brown County Regular | Reach Oil | 1 | 0 | 22.5K | Sep 2010 – Jul 2026 |
| Watkins O-8-17657 | Brown County Regular | Prairie Production | 1 | 243 | 21.1K | Jan 1993 – Jun 2012 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 265 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1BP ExplorationJan 1993 → May 1999
- 2Prairie ProductionJun 1999 → Oct 2013
- 3Mission Energy Inc.Nov 2013 → Sep 2021
- 4Reach OilJun 2025 → Aug 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127006-99 | Drill | Rover Oil Company | Jul 27, 1981 | Jul 27, 1981 | — | 2,850 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-8-257968 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-8-17657 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,630 | 2,636 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 120 | 12.25 | 135 S |
| 2.375 | 2,531 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,720 | 7.875 | 160 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 | Nov 19, 2010 | Sep 22, 2010 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 15, 1981 | — |
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 42-049-32803 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-049-32803 → 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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