TEXAS · WELLS · BURLESON COUNTY · NIX UNIT LEASE · API 42-051-33511 · DISTRICT 03
Nix Unit #1
Burleson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Shut In · Horizontal
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · 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.
Nix Unit #1 (API 42-051-33511) is a horizontal well in Burleson County operated by Verdun Oil & Gas LLC, completed July 15, 1997 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2021.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 8, 1996, permitted to 12,878 ft.
It was permitted by Apache Corporation and has since transferred to Verdun Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 63.4K barrels of oil and 750K mcf of gas since April 1996, last reporting volume in February 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Apache Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 22, 2025
- Permits on file
- 396
- Phone
- (713) 337-9300
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC |
| Production reports | Verdun Oil & Gas LLCthrough Feb 2026 |
| Latest permit | Apache CorporationMar 8, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,878
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 8, 1996
- last permit issued
- Jul 15, 1997
- completed
- 63.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 750K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 1996 THROUGH Feb 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 15, 1997
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2021
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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 lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nix Unit O-3-22971 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | 1 | 63.4K | 750K | Apr 1996 – Feb 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 0
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Apache CorporationApr 1996 → Apr 2017
- 2Verdun Oil & Gas LLCMay 2017 → Nov 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 445705-99 | Drill | Apache Corporation | Mar 8, 1996 | Mar 8, 1996 | Apr 19, 1996 | 9,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 1997 | Nix Unit O-3-22971 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | Shut In · shut in Jun 1, 2021 | 12,878 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 229 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 6,800 | -6,571 |
| Austin Chalk | 9,460 | -9,231 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,832 | 13,024 | Perforated |
| 7,309 | 13,204 | Perforated |
| 9,460 | 11,932 | Perforated |
| 9,460 | 12,965 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 1,039 | 12.25 | 350 S |
| 8.625 | 2,230 | 11 | 709 S |
| 7 | 7,309 | 8.75 | 150 S |
| 5.5 | 9,534 | 7.875 | 515 S |
| 7 | — | 8.75 | 470 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 | Oct 24, 1997 | Aug 19, 1997 | — |
| 00 | Jun 14, 1996 | May 9, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 12, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-051-33511 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-051-33511 → 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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