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Watson Ranch #8701

Shut in

Crockett County · Ozona (Canyon Sand) field · Producing  · Vertical

Watson Ranch #8701 (API 42-105-36630) is a well in Crockett County operated by Scout Energy Management LLC, completed October 25, 1994 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule, shut in April 1, 2022.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 12, 1994, permitted to 6,827 ft.

It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Scout Energy Management LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Canyon.

Its lease has reported 83.8K mcf of gas since October 1994, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Scout Energy Management LLC

Permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in
Dallas, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Sep 22, 2025
Permits on file
483
Phone
(972) 277-1397

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleScout Energy Management LLC
Production reportsScout Energy Management LLCthrough Mar 2022
Latest permitUnion Pacific Resources CompanySep 12, 1994

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

6,827
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Sep 12, 1994
last permit issued
Oct 25, 1994
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
83.8K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1996 THROUGH Mar 2022

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 25, 1994
Shut in
Apr 1, 2022
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Watson Ranch G-9-157233Ozona (Canyon Sand)Scout Energy Management LLC1083.8KOct 1994 – Mar 2022

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.

  1. 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyNov 1996 → Jan 2001
  2. 2Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
  3. 3Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Dec 2012
  4. 4Anadarko E&P Onshore LLCJan 2013 → Aug 2016
  5. 5Epic Permian Operating, LLCSep 2016 → Mar 2022

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
427810-99DrillUnion Pacific Resources CompanySep 7, 1994Sep 12, 1994Oct 2, 19947,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 25, 1994Watson Ranch G-9-157233Ozona (Canyon Sand)Scout Energy Management LLCProducing · shut in Apr 1, 20226,827

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,285 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Canyon5,784-3,499

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,8326,196Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,21411340 S
2.8756,7977.875500 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 →

SuffixRRC record dateW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Mar 3, 1997Dec 27, 1996—
00May 7, 1996Jan 31, 1996Yes
00Mar 22, 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.

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its search.

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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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