WELL · 42-149-32445 · DISTRICT 3

Wendler #1

Plugged

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

Wendler #1 (API 42-149-32445) is a plugged horizontal well in Fayette County, plugged November 4, 2008, last operated by Southwest Resources Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued February 22, 1991, permitted to 11,300 ft.

It was permitted by Marathon Oil Company and has since transferred to Southwest Resources Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.

Its lease has reported 74.9K barrels of oil and 469K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2009.

Operator of record

Southwest Resources Inc.

Permitted by Marathon Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Brenham, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2026 · 3 permits on file · (979) 203-6530

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleSouthwest Resources Inc.
Production reportsMarathon Oil Companythrough Nov 2006
Latest permitMarathon Oil CompanyFeb 22, 1991

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

11,300
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Feb 22, 1991
last permit issued
Jun 29, 1991
completed
74.9K
cumulative oil, bbl
469K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2009

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jun 29, 1991
Shut in
—
Plugged
Nov 4, 2008

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
Wendler O-3-21162Giddings (Austin Chalk-3)Southwest Resources, Inc.174.9K469KJan 1993 – Mar 2009

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. 1Marathon Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Nov 2006

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
384710-98DrillMarathon Oil CompanyApr 29, 1991Feb 22, 1991May 3, 199111,300
384710-99DrillMarathon Oil CompanyFeb 15, 1991Feb 22, 1991—11,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-21162————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 412 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
WilcoxBASE WILCOX6,930-6,518
Pecan Gap9,220-8,808
Austin Chalk9,780-9,368

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,81710,574Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
1641—4,000 S
9.6251,00012.25369 S
79,8178.75625 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
00Sep 19, 1991Jul 16, 1991Yes
00Sep 11, 1991——

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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