WELL · 42-115-32345 · DISTRICT 8
West Welch Unit #3413
Dawson County · Welch field · Producing · Vertical
West Welch Unit #3413 (API 42-115-32345) is a plugged well in Dawson County, plugged November 3, 2024, last operated by Oxy USA Wtp Eor LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued January 24, 1986, permitted to 4,880 ft.
It was permitted by Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp. and has since transferred to Oxy USA Wtp Eor LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Grayburg, San Andres.
Its lease has reported 20.4M barrels of oil and 7.45M mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 687 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 7, 2026
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | OXY USA WTP EOR LLC |
| Production reports | OXY USA WTP LPthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp.Jan 24, 1986 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,880
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jan 24, 1986
- last permit issued
- Sep 17, 2025
- completed
- 20.4M
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 7.45M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 17, 2025
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Nov 3, 2024
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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 687 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Welch Unit O-11-14783 | Welch | OXY USA WTP EOR, LLC | 687 | 20.4M | 7.45M | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 150,556 · prior 12 191,736(-21%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 76,284 · prior 12 90,932(-16%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1OXY USA Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 2000
- 2OXY USA WTP LPJan 2001 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 296280-98 | Drill | Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp. | Nov 21, 1986 | Jan 24, 1986 | — | 4,870 |
| 296280-99 | Drill | Cities Service Oil & Gas Corp. | Jan 23, 1986 | Jan 24, 1986 | — | 4,880 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-11-14783 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,119 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Grayburg | 4,110 | -991 |
| San Andres | 4,775 | -1,656 |
| San AndresSAN ANDRES ZONE 3 | 4,821 | -1,702 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,775 | 4,870 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,998 | 12.25 | 1,000 S |
| 5.5 | 4,775 | 7.875 | 1,150 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 | Oct 15, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | — |
| 00 | Feb 12, 1987 | Feb 2, 1987 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 10, 1987 | — | — |
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 42-115-32345 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-115-32345 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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