TEXAS · WELLS · GOLIAD COUNTY · API 42-175-33417 · DISTRICT 02
Pettus B #2
Goliad County · Hordes Creek (Yegua #3) field · Vertical
Pettus B #2 (API 42-175-33417) is a plugged well in Goliad County, plugged May 28, 2004, last operated by Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 2002 and 2004, permitted to 6,000 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Yegua.
Its 2 leases have reported 21.3K barrels of oil and 112K mcf of gas since October 2001, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc.
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 9, 2023
- Permits on file
- 346
- Phone
- (210) 354-1515
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc. |
| Production reports | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc.through Jan 2009 |
| Latest permit | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc.Feb 12, 2004 |
- 6,000
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Feb 12, 2004
- last permit issued
- Mar 1, 2002
- completed
- 21.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 112K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 2001 THROUGH Jan 2009
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 1, 2002
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 28, 2004
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 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pettus B O-2-8670 | Hordes Creek (Yegua #3) | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc. | 2 | 21.3K | 73.6K | Oct 2001 – Jan 2009 |
| Pettus B G-2-198390 | Hordes Creek (Yegua #3) | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc. | 1 | 0 | 38K | Mar 2003 – Nov 2003 |
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.
- 1Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc.Oct 2001 → Jan 2009
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541847-99 | Recompletion | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc. | Feb 9, 2004 | Feb 12, 2004 | — | 2,000 |
| 517435-97 | Drill | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc. | Apr 2, 2002 | Feb 11, 2002 | — | 6,000 |
| 517435-99 | Drill | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc. | Feb 7, 2002 | Feb 11, 2002 | Feb 12, 2002 | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2002 | Pettus B O-2-8670 | Hordes Creek (Yegua #3) | Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc. | Plugged | — |
| Mar 1, 2002 | Pettus B G-2-198390 | Hordes Creek (Yegua #3) | Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc. | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 169 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Yegua | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,391 | 4,394 | Perforated |
| 4,404 | 4,412 | Perforated |
| 4,419 | 4,426 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 535 | 12.25 | 310 S |
| 4.5 | 5,092 | 7.875 | 815 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 | Feb 3, 2004 | Jun 11, 2003 | — |
| 00 | Jan 13, 2004 | — | — |
| 00 | Sep 3, 2002 | Jul 2, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 29, 2002 | — | — |
Well logs
The RRC's map lists this well among those with logs online. Its monthly inventories loaded here, which start in July 2006, list none for it, so none are itemized.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗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 42-175-33417 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-175-33417 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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