WELL · 42-149-32436 · DISTRICT 3

Watson #1

Plugged

Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field  · Horizontal · Sidetrack

Watson #1 (API 42-149-32436) is a plugged horizontal well in Fayette County, plugged April 29, 1998, last operated by Snell John F. Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1991 and 1992, permitted to 10,500 ft.

It was permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc. and has since transferred to Snell John F. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Ausitn Chalk, Bottom Austin Chalk.

Its lease has reported 1.57K barrels of oil and 13 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Snell John F. Inc.

Permitted by United Oil & Minerals, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Lampasas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jul 6, 1998

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSnell John F. Inc.
Production reportsSnell, John F., Inc.through Jan 1997
Latest permitUnited Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jun 29, 1992

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

10,500
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jun 29, 1992
last permit issued
Jul 9, 1992
completed
1.57K
cumulative oil, bbl
13
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 9, 1992
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 29, 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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Watson O-3-21328Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)Snell, John F., Inc.11.57K13Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

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.

  1. 1United Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 1993
  2. 2Snell, John F., Inc.Nov 1993 → Jan 1997

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
400658-99Recompletion · sidetrackUnited Oil & Minerals, Inc.Jun 29, 1992Jun 29, 1992—9,000
383194-99DrillOasis Operating, Inc.Jan 9, 1991Jan 9, 1991Jan 9, 199110,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-21328————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 339 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Austin ChalkTOP AUSTIN CHALK8,370-8,031
Ausitn Chalk8,377-8,038
Austin Chalk8,377-8,038
Bottom Austin Chalk9,064-8,725

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
8,39710,100Perforated
8,39710,355Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,08012.25380 S
8.6251,08512.25125 S
8.6251,085——
5.58,3977.875250 S
5.58,397——
5.5—7.875800 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Dec 21, 1993Nov 8, 1993—
00Sep 22, 1992Aug 4, 1992Yes
00Jan 22, 1992Dec 25, 1991Yes
00Jan 17, 1992——

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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