WELL · 42-177-31611 · DISTRICT 1
Penci #1
Gonzales County · Peach Creek (Austin Chalk) field · Vertical
Penci #1 (API 42-177-31611) is a plugged well in Gonzales County, plugged October 27, 2001, last operated by Tdc Engineering Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 23, 1985, permitted to 8,000 ft.
It was permitted by Mcrae Drilling, Inc. and has since transferred to Tdc Engineering Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Buda.
Its lease has reported 5.47K barrels of oil and 28 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2002.
Operator of record
Permitted by McRae Drilling, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 227 permits on file · (325) 668-6333
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | TDC Engineering Inc. |
| Production reports | AV-Tech Resources Corporationthrough Aug 1995 |
| Latest permit | McRae Drilling, Inc.May 23, 1985 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 23, 1985
- last permit issued
- Jun 16, 1985
- completed
- 5.47K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 28
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2002
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 16, 1985
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 27, 2001
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penci O-1-10479 | Peach Creek (Austin Chalk) | TDC Engineering, Inc. | 1 | 5.47K | 28 | Jan 1993 – Feb 2002 |
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.
- 1AV-Tech Resources CorporationJan 1993 → Aug 1995
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 275896-99 | Drill | McRae Drilling, Inc. | May 23, 1985 | May 23, 1985 | — | 8,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-10479 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 282 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 7,100 | -6,818 |
| Buda | 7,615 | -7,333 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,302 | 7,477 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 2,310 | 12.25 | 742 S |
| 4.5 | 7,715 | 7.875 | 284 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 | Jul 15, 1985 | Jul 2, 1985 | — |
| 00 | Jul 12, 1985 | — | — |
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 42-177-31611 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-177-31611 → 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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