TEXAS · WELLS · FAYETTE COUNTY · DAWN LEASE · API 42-149-31706 · DISTRICT 03
Dawn #1
Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Dawn #1 (API 42-149-31706) is a plugged well in Fayette County, plugged May 20, 2022, last operated by Geosouthern Energy Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 28, 1983, permitted to 12,000 ft.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Midway, Navarro, Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 1.61K barrels of oil and 55.5K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Geosouthern Energy Corporation
- Based in
- The Woodlands, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 10, 2026
- Permits on file
- 453
- Phone
- (281) 363-9161
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Geosouthern Energy Corporation |
| Production reports | Geosouthern Energy Corporationthrough Sep 1994 |
| Latest permit | Geosouthern Energy CorporationDec 28, 1983 |
- 12,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 28, 1983
- last permit issued
- Feb 29, 1984
- completed
- 1.61K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 55.5K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH SEP 1994
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 29, 1984
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 20, 2022
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn O-3-17488 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Geosouthern Energy Corporation | 1 | 1.61K | 55.5K | by Jan 1993 – Sep 1994 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Dawn
Geosouthern Energy Corporation's other wells filed under this lease name in Fayette County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Geosouthern Energy CorporationJan 1993 → Sep 1994
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225177-99 | Drill | Geosouthern Energy Corporation | Dec 27, 1983 | Dec 28, 1983 | Jan 16, 1984 | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 1984 | Dawn O-3-17488 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Geosouthern Energy Corporation | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 434 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Midway | 7,440 | -7,006 |
| Navarro | 8,416 | -7,982 |
| Pecan Gap | 9,902 | -9,468 |
| Austin Chalk | 10,596 | -10,162 |
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD | 11,190 | -10,756 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,190 | 10,602 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,540 | 12.25 | 740 S |
| 5.5 | 11,340 | 8.5 | 670 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 | May 1, 1984 | Apr 2, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Apr 25, 1984 | Apr 2, 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 42-149-31706 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-149-31706 → 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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