TEXAS · WELLS · DIMMIT COUNTY · WARD-RIHA LEASE · API 42-127-33587 · DISTRICT 01

Ward-Riha #1H

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Dimmit County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Producing  · Horizontal

Ward-Riha #1H (API 42-127-33587) is a horizontal well in Dimmit County operated by Exco Operating Company LP, completed October 27, 2008 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued September 11, 2008, permitted to 5,774 ft.

It was permitted by Sage Energy Company and has since transferred to Exco Operating Company LP on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Olmos, San Miguel, Anacacho, Austin Chalk.

Its lease has reported 79.6K barrels of oil and 69.8K mcf of gas since October 2008, last reporting volume in April 2026.

Operator of record

Exco Operating Company LP

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 scheduleExco Operating Company LP
Production reportsExco Operating Company, LPthrough Apr 2026
Latest permitSage Energy CompanySep 11, 2008

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

5,774
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Sep 11, 2008
last permit issued
Oct 27, 2008
completed
79.6K
cumulative oil, bbl
69.8K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2008 THROUGH Apr 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
ON SCHEDULE
Completed
Oct 27, 2008
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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Ward-Riha O-1-15018Pearsall (Austin Chalk)Exco Operating Company, LP179.6K69.8KOct 2008 – Apr 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 2,543 · prior 12 456

05001K202420252026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 3,518 · prior 12 3,204(+10%)

0200400202420252026

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

  1. 1Sage Energy CompanyOct 2008 → Mar 2010
  2. 2Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 2010 → Jun 2013
  3. 3Exco Operating Company, LPJul 2013 → Apr 2026

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
670055-98DrillSage Energy CompanyDec 9, 2008Sep 11, 2008Sep 11, 20086,158
670055-99DrillSage Energy CompanyAug 28, 2008Sep 11, 2008Sep 11, 20087,000

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
Oct 27, 2008Ward-Riha O-1-15018Pearsall (Austin Chalk)Exco Operating Company LPProducing5,774

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 543 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Olmos3,268-2,725
San Miguel4,122-3,579
Anacacho5,075-4,532
Austin Chalk5,369-4,826

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,39410,313Perforated
—8,100Perforated
—8,600Perforated
—9,008Perforated
—10,212Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.751,30714.75680 S
75,3949.875825 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 27, 2009Dec 4, 2008Yes
00Feb 18, 2009——

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 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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