TEXAS · WELLS · BURLESON COUNTY · API 42-051-31817 · DISTRICT 03
Gold South Unit #1
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Austin Chalk A) · 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.
Gold South Unit #1 (API 42-051-31817) is a well in Burleson County operated by Wildfire Energy Operating LLC, completed April 1, 1982 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2020.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 12, 1981, permitted to 8,642 ft.
It was permitted by Williams, Clayton W., JR. and has since transferred to Wildfire Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 9.56K barrels of oil and 51.6K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
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 | Wildfire Energy Operating LLCthrough May 2020 |
| Latest permit | Williams, Clayton W., Jr.Aug 12, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,642
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 12, 1981
- last permit issued
- Apr 1, 1982
- completed
- 9.56K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 51.6K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH May 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Apr 1, 1982
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2020
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold South Unit G-3-175350 | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 1 | 7.47K | Nov 1999 – May 2020 |
| Gold-Ryan Unit O-3-15470 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc. | 1 | 9.56K | 44.1K | Jan 1993 – Oct 1999 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Williams, Clayton W., Jr., Inc.Jan 1993 → Apr 1993
- 2Williams, Clayton Energy, L.L.CMay 1993 → May 1993
- 3Williams, Clayton Energy, Inc.Jun 1993 → Aug 2016
- 4Wildhorse Resources Mngt Co, LLCDec 2016 → Jan 2019
- 5Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Dec 2019 → May 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129876-99 | Drill | Williams, Clayton W., Jr. | Aug 12, 1981 | Aug 12, 1981 | — | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1982 | Gold South Unit G-3-175350 | Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Jun 1, 2020 | 8,642 |
| Apr 1, 1982 | Gold-Ryan Unit O-3-15470 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Williams Clayton Energy Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,217 | 8,355 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 4,000 | 12.25 | 1,480 S |
| 2.375 | 8,099 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 8,642 | 8.75 | 550 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 31, 2000 | Dec 15, 1999 | — |
| 00 | Jan 11, 2000 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 19, 1982 | — |
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 42-051-31817 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-31817 → 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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