TEXAS · WELLS · DIMMIT COUNTY · ESPANTOSA LAKE UNIT LEASE · API 42-127-33407 · DISTRICT 01
Espantosa Lake Unit #1
Dimmit County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Producing · Horizontal
Espantosa Lake Unit #1 (API 42-127-33407) is a horizontal well in Dimmit County operated by Exco Operating Company LP, completed December 19, 2006 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued October 26, 2006, permitted to 6,227 ft.
It was permitted by Sage Energy Company and has since transferred to Exco Operating Company LP on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 47K barrels of oil and 35.4K mcf of gas since December 2006, last reporting volume in February 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sage Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 22, 2025
- Permits on file
- 515
- Phone
- (214) 368-2084
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Exco Operating Company LP |
| Production reports | Exco Operating Company, LPthrough Feb 2026 |
| Latest permit | Sage Energy CompanyOct 26, 2006 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,227
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Oct 26, 2006
- last permit issued
- Dec 19, 2006
- completed
- 47K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 35.4K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2006 THROUGH Feb 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 19, 2006
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Espantosa Lake Unit O-1-14818 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Exco Operating Company, LP | 1 | 47K | 35.4K | Dec 2006 – Feb 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 2,063 · prior 12 1,979(+4%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 76 · prior 12 252(-70%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Sage Energy CompanyDec 2006 → Mar 2010
- 2Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 2010 → Jun 2013
- 3Exco Operating Company, LPJul 2013 → Feb 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 627954-98 | Drill | Sage Energy Company | Mar 13, 2007 | Oct 26, 2006 | Oct 31, 2006 | 7,000 |
| 627954-99 | Drill | Sage Energy Company | Oct 23, 2006 | Oct 26, 2006 | Oct 31, 2006 | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2006 | Espantosa Lake Unit O-1-14818 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Exco Operating Company LP | Producing | 6,227 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 535 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Anacacho | 4,606 | -4,071 |
| Austin ChalkTOP AUSTIN CHALK | 4,880 | -4,345 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,451 | 10,640 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,434 | 14.75 | 650 S |
| 7 | 5,451 | 9.875 | 420 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 | Aug 2, 2007 | Dec 19, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 5, 2007 | — | — |
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 42-127-33407 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-127-33407 → 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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