WELL · 42-125-30453 · DISTRICT 8

Watson #1

Plugged

Dickens County · Dockum Creek (Tannehill) field · Vertical

Watson #1 (API 42-125-30453) is a plugged well in Dickens County, plugged April 27, 1998, last operated by Smith Pipe Of Abilene.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued June 28, 1991, permitted to 5,500 ft.

It was permitted by Wes-Tex Drlg. CO. and has since transferred to Smith Pipe Of Abilene on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 3.4K barrels of oil and 20 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 1998.

Operator of record

Smith Pipe of Abilene

Permitted by Wes-Tex Drlg. Co.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 3, 2024 · (325) 665-4407

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Smith Pipe of Abilene
Production reports	H-M Resource Management, Inc.through Aug 1994
Latest permit	Wes-Tex Drlg. Co.Jun 28, 1991

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

5,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Jun 28, 1991: last permit issued
Aug 24, 1991: completed
3.4K: cumulative oil, bbl
20: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 1998

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Aug 24, 1991
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 27, 1998

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
Watson O-11-66749	Dockum Creek (Tannehill)	Smith Pipe of Abilene	1	3.4K	20	Jan 1993 – Jun 1998

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.

1Wes-Tex Drlg. Co.Jan 1993 → Sep 1993
2H-M Resource Management, Inc.Oct 1993 → Apr 1994

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
389441-98	Drill	Wes-Tex Drlg. Co.	Sep 27, 1991	Jun 28, 1991	Jun 29, 1991	5,500
389441-99	Drill	Wes-Tex Drlg. Co.	Jun 28, 1991	Jun 28, 1991	—	5,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-11-66749	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
4,802	4,810	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	294	17.5	295 S
8.625	1,824	11	150 S
5.5	5,060	7.875	220 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, 1991	Sep 4, 1991	Yes
00	Oct 11, 1991	—	—

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 42-125-30453 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-125-30453 → 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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