WELL · 42-051-33302 · DISTRICT 3
Elsik W T. Unit #3
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Horizontal
Elsik W T. Unit #3 (API 42-051-33302) is a horizontal well in Burleson County operated by Apache Corporation, completed March 17, 1992.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1992 and 2000, permitted to 15,500 ft.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Buda, Td.
Its 2 leases have reported 103K barrels of oil and 1.03M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 5 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,756
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Wildfire Energy Operating LLCthrough Mar 2026 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationAug 3, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 15,500
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Aug 3, 2000
- last permit issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- completed
- 103K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.03M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 17, 1992
- 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 5 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsik, W. T. O-3-23912 | Giddings (Buda) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 44.3K | 161K | Sep 2000 – Jul 2026 |
| Elsik, W T. Unit O-3-13709 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Apache Corporation | 4 | 59.2K | 864K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2005 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 449 · prior 12 1,488(-70%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,884 · prior 12 10,587(-73%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Texaco E & P Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Apache CorporationMar 1995 → May 2024
- 3Wildfire Energy Operating LLCJun 2024 → Mar 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 498052-99 | Recompletion | Apache Corporation | Aug 3, 2000 | Aug 3, 2000 | Jul 11, 2000 | 15,500 |
| 396350-98 | Drill | Texaco E & P Inc. | Jun 4, 1992 | Jan 31, 1992 | — | 15,000 |
| 396350-99 | Drill | Texaco E & P Inc. | Jan 31, 1992 | Jan 31, 1992 | Feb 19, 1992 | 13,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-13709 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-23912 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 299 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin ChalkAUSTIN CHALK-3 | 8,660 | -8,361 |
| Buda | 9,136 | -8,837 |
| TD | 9,372 | -9,073 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,670 | 11,276 | Perforated |
| 9,530 | 14,207 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,006 | 14.75 | 875 S |
| 7.625 | 8,670 | 9.875 | 660 S |
| 7.625 | — | 9.875 | 1,200 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 31, 2001 | Oct 25, 2000 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 13, 2000 | Apr 7, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 2, 1992 | Apr 7, 1992 | Yes |
| 00 | May 27, 1992 | — | — |
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 42-051-33302 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-33302 → 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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