WELL · 42-127-30902 · DISTRICT 1
McKnight #1
Dimmit County · Wintergarden (1300) field · Vertical
Mcknight #1 (API 42-127-30902) is a plugged well in Dimmit County, plugged December 5, 2001, last operated by Double Eagle Petroleum Corp.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued January 30, 1998, permitted to 2,600 ft.
It was permitted by Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc. and has since transferred to Double Eagle Petroleum Corp on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Escondido, Olmos.
Its 2 leases have reported 113 barrels of oil since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Evansville, IN · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2008 · 8 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Double Eagle Petroleum Corp |
| Production reports | Double Eagle Petroleum Corpthrough Mar 2000 |
| Latest permit | Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc.Jan 30, 1998 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,600
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jan 30, 1998
- last permit issued
- Jul 24, 1975
- completed
- 113
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 24, 1975
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 5, 2001
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKnight E. O-1-14161 | Winter Garden (Olmos) | Double Eagle Petroleum Corp | 1 | 113 | 0 | Feb 1998 – Jul 2026 |
| McKnight G-1-65515 | Wintergarden (1300) | Double Eagle Petroleum Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jan 1993 – Dec 2001 |
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.
- 1Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc.Feb 1998 → Dec 1998
- 2Double Eagle Petroleum CorpJan 2000 → Mar 2000
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 472386-99 | Recompletion | Cavalier Oil & Gas, Inc. | Jan 20, 1998 | Jan 30, 1998 | Jan 30, 1998 | 2,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-1-65515 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-14161 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 648 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1,310 | 1,314 | Perforated |
| 2,430 | 2,440 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 468 | 12.25 | 254 S |
| 4.5 | 2,646 | 7.875 | 685 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 | Apr 10, 1998 | Feb 13, 1998 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 11, 1998 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-127-30902 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-127-30902 → 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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