TEXAS · WELLS · FORT BEND COUNTY · SO. KATY GU 1 LEASE · API 42-157-31180 · DISTRICT 03
So. Katy GU 1 #1
Fort Bend County · Katy (Wilcox Cons.) field · Vertical
SO. Katy GU 1 #1 (API 42-157-31180) is a plugged well in Fort Bend County, plugged October 20, 2022, last operated by Hilcorp Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 18, 1981, permitted to 10,900 ft.
It was permitted by Exxon Corp. and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 12.4K barrels of oil and 1.61M mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Exxon Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Oct 2016 |
| Latest permit | Exxon Corp.May 18, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,900
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 18, 1981
- last permit issued
- Aug 12, 1982
- completed
- 12.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 1.61M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2016
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 12, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| So. Katy GU 1 G-3-96023 | Katy (Wilcox Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 12.4K | 1.61M | Jan 1993 – Oct 2016 |
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.
- 1Exxon Corp.Jan 1993 → Mar 2000
- 2Exxon Mobil CorporationApr 2000 → Jul 2006
- 3Forest Oil CorporationAug 2006 → Dec 2012
- 4Hilcorp Energy CompanyJan 2013 → Oct 2016
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132064-99 | Drill | Exxon Corp. | May 18, 1981 | May 18, 1981 | — | 10,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 1982 | So. Katy GU 1 G-3-96023 | Katy (Wilcox Cons.) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,219 | 10,252 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,612 | 14.75 | 1,330 S |
| 2.875 | 7,279 | — | — |
| 7.625 | 7,979 | 9.875 | 595 S |
| 2.375 | 9,913 | — | — |
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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Nov 3, 1981 | — |
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 42-157-31180 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-157-31180 → 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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