WELL · 42-177-31788 · DISTRICT 1
Copeland C. #1H
Gonzales County · Wildcat field · Horizontal
Copeland C. #1H (API 42-177-31788) is a permitted horizontal well in Gonzales County filed by Meridian Oil Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 25, 1990, permitted to 14,800 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Anacacho, Austin Chalk.
Its 2 leases have reported 145K barrels of oil and 11.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 27, 1995
- Permits on file
- 804
- Phone
- (713) 624-9000
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Meridian Oil Inc. |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Meridian Oil Inc.Jun 25, 1990 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 25, 1990
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 145K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 11.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
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; this well is the only one on it.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland, C. O-1-12690 | First Shot (Austin Chalk) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1 | 145K | 11.8K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
| — O-1-12669 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 3,019 · prior 12 2,007(+50%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Meridian Oil Inc.Jan 1993 → Jul 1993
- 2Sabre Operating, Inc.Aug 1993 → Jan 2003
- 3Square One CorporationFeb 2003 → Dec 2012
- 4Progenies Operating LLCJan 2013 → May 2016
- 51836 Resources, LLCJun 2016 → Oct 2018
- 6Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCDec 2018 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374828-99 | Drill | Meridian Oil Inc. | Jun 25, 1990 | Jun 25, 1990 | Jul 2, 1990 | 14,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-12669 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-1-12690 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 302 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Anacacho | 8,575 | -8,273 |
| Austin Chalk | 8,775 | -8,473 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,987 | 11,843 | Open hole |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 80 | — | — |
| 13.375 | 895 | 17.5 | 855 S |
| 9.625 | 8,987 | 12.25 | 1,860 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 | Nov 15, 1990 | Sep 25, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Nov 1, 1990 | — | — |
| 00 | Oct 23, 1990 | — | — |
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 42-177-31788 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-177-31788 → 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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