TEXAS · WELLS · GUADALUPE COUNTY · DESPAIN, GENE LEASE · API 42-187-31161 · DISTRICT 01
Despain Gene #2
Guadalupe County · La Vernia field · Shut In · Vertical
Despain Gene #2 (API 42-187-31161) is a well in Guadalupe County operated by Texas Secondary Oil Corporation, completed July 30, 1980 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2019.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 16, 1980, permitted to 1,496 ft.
It was permitted by Warncke, Glennwood and has since transferred to Texas Secondary Oil Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 5.82K barrels of oil and 59 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Texas Secondary Oil Corporation
Permitted by Warncke, Glennwood; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Devine, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 12, 2025
- Permits on file
- 304
- Phone
- (210) 716-1210
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Texas Secondary Oil Corporation |
| Production reports | Texas Secondary Oil Corporationthrough Nov 2021 |
| Latest permit | Warncke, GlennwoodApr 16, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 1,496
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 16, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jul 30, 1980
- completed
- 5.82K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 59
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 30, 1980
- Shut in
- Jun 1, 2019
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Despain, Gene O-1-5959 | La Vernia | Texas Secondary Oil Corporation | 4 | 5.82K | 59 | Jan 1993 – 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.
- 1J-EnergyJan 1993 → Feb 2011
- 2La Vernia OilMar 2011 → Sep 2014
- 3Texas Secondary Oil CorporationOct 2014 → Nov 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78523-99 | Drill | Warncke, Glennwood | Apr 16, 1980 | Apr 16, 1980 | — | 1,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1980 | Despain Gene O-1-5959 | La Vernia | Texas Secondary Oil Corporation | Shut In · shut in Jun 1, 2019 | 1,496 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 674 | 684 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 1,492 | 6.75 | 265 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 18, 1980 | — |
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 42-187-31161 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-187-31161 → 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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