WELL · 42-163-32745 · DISTRICT 1
Nicholson J. H. #2
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
Nicholson J. H. #2 (API 42-163-32745) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged January 23, 1996, last operated by Oryx Energy Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 7, 1990, permitted to 10,000 ft.
Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Midway, San Miguel, Anacaho, Top Chalk.
Its 2 leases have reported 11K barrels of oil and 66 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 1996. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 1998
- Permits on file
- 1,627
- Phone
- (972) 715-4000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Oryx Energy Company |
| Production reports | McDaniel Company, Inc., Thethrough Jul 1995 |
| Latest permit | Oryx Energy CompanyJun 7, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 7, 1990
- last permit issued
- Jul 31, 1990
- completed
- 11K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 66
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1996
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 31, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 23, 1996
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholson, F. H. O-1-12685 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | McDaniel Company, Inc., The | 2 | 11K | 66 | Jan 1993 – Mar 1996 |
| — O-1-12869 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
- 1Oryx Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Nov 1993
- 2McDaniel Company, Inc., TheSep 1994 → Jul 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374190-99 | Drill | Oryx Energy Company | Jun 7, 1990 | Jun 7, 1990 | Jun 19, 1990 | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-12685 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-12869 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 573 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Midway | 3,370 | -2,797 |
| San Miguel | 5,600 | -5,027 |
| Anacaho | 6,377 | -5,804 |
| Top Chalk | 6,635 | -6,062 |
| Top L. Chalk | 6,865 | -6,292 |
| Base Chalk | 7,105 | -6,532 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,742 | 9,491 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 722 | 17.5 | 560 S |
| 9.625 | 6,742 | 12.5 | 1,300 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 10, 1991 | — | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 21, 1991 | Aug 24, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 19, 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 42-163-32745 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32745 → scanned completion filings
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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