WELL · 42-185-30569 · DISTRICT 3
Watt DL #1H
Grimes County · Iola (Georgetown) field · Shut IN · Horizontal
Watt DL #1H (API 42-185-30569) is a horizontal well in Grimes County operated by Wildfire Energy Operating LLC, completed May 26, 1996 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 4, 1996, permitted to 11,800 ft.
It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Wildfire Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Georgetown, Buda.
Its lease has reported 11.8K barrels of oil and 87.9K mcf of gas since May 1996, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 24, 2025
- Permits on file
- 171
- Phone
- (832) 558-0100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Setex Oil and Gas Companythrough Jun 2005 |
| Latest permit | Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 4, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 4, 1996
- last permit issued
- May 26, 1996
- completed
- 11.8K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 87.9K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · May 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 26, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watt DL O-3-23030 | Iola (Georgetown) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 11.8K | 87.9K | May 1996 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.May 1996 → Jul 1999
- 2Pride Energy CompanyOct 1999 → Jun 2003
- 3Setex Oil and Gas CompanyApr 2005 → Jun 2005
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 446666-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | Apr 4, 1996 | Apr 4, 1996 | Apr 5, 1996 | 11,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-23030 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 330 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 10,642 | -10,312 |
| Buda | 10,943 | -10,613 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,465 | 13,318 | Perforated |
| 10,465 | 13,360 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,545 | 14.75 | 1,155 S |
| 7.625 | 9,940 | 9.875 | 525 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 | Sep 4, 1996 | Jul 18, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 23, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-185-30569 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-185-30569 → 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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