TEXAS · WELLS · FAYETTE COUNTY · WALTHER-HEMPEL UNIT LEASE · API 42-149-32450 · DISTRICT 03
Walther-Hempel Unit #1
Fayette County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Producing · Horizontal
- 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.
Walther-Hempel Unit #1 (API 42-149-32450) is a horizontal well in Fayette County operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, completed July 8, 1991 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 9, 1991, permitted to 12,728 ft.
It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Midway, Navarro, Taylor, Pecan Gap.
Its lease has reported 268K barrels of oil and 2M mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- May 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 617
- Phone
- (713) 842-9050
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Union Pacific Resources CompanyMay 9, 1991 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 12,728
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 9, 1991
- last permit issued
- Jul 8, 1991
- completed
- 268K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 2M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH APR 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 8, 1991
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walther-Hempel Unit O-3-21126 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1 | 268K | 2M | by Jan 1993 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 12,198 · prior 12 10,573(+15%)
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 1,080 · prior 12 715(+51%)
Wells named Walther-Hempel Unit
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC'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.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 2001
- 2Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
- 3Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Jul 2007
- 4Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Aug 2007 → Jul 2018
- 5Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCAug 2018 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 386951-99 | Drill | Union Pacific Resources Company | Apr 18, 1991 | May 9, 1991 | May 17, 1991 | 14,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1991 | Walther-Hempel Unit O-3-21126 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Producing | 12,728 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 276 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Midway | 6,165 | -5,889 |
| Navarro | 7,152 | -6,876 |
| Taylor | 7,697 | -7,421 |
| Pecan Gap | 8,550 | -8,274 |
| Austin Chalk | 8,965 | -8,689 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,212 | 12,728 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 3,150 | 14.75 | 1,610 S |
| 7.625 | 9,212 | 9.875 | 355 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 22, 1991 | Jul 18, 1991 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 15, 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.
- Wellbore filings for 42-149-32450 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-149-32450 → 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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