TEXAS · WELLS · BURLESON COUNTY · API 42-051-31416 · DISTRICT 03
Chmelar Gertrude Unit #1
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Buda) · Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Chmelar Gertrude Unit #1 (API 42-051-31416) is a plugged well in Burleson County, plugged March 14, 1985, last operated by Wildfire Energy Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 9, 1981, permitted to 12,000 ft.
It was permitted by Williams, Clayton W., JR. and has since transferred to Wildfire Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Williams, Clayton W., Jr.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 24, 2025
- Permits on file
- 171
- Phone
- (832) 558-0100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Williams, Clayton W., Jr.Mar 9, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 9, 1981
- last permit issued
- Jun 26, 1981
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 26, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 14, 1985
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Wells named Chmelar Gertrude Unit
Wildfire Energy Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Burleson County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsPermits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111430-99 | Drill | Williams, Clayton W., Jr. | Mar 9, 1981 | Mar 9, 1981 | — | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1981 | Chmelar Gertrude Unit O-3-14342 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
| Jun 26, 1981 | Gertrude Chmelar Unit O-3-14419 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Williams Clayton W. Jr. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,640 | 7,819 | Perforated |
| — | 7,819 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 3,936 | 12.25 | 1,700 S |
| 2.375 | 7,375 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,210 | 7.875 | 750 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 16, 1981 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-051-31416 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-31416 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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