TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · SOUTH WESLACO GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-215-30388 · DISTRICT 04
South Weslaco Gas Unit #18
Hidalgo County · Weslaco South (7400) field · Vertical
South Weslaco Gas Unit #18 (API 42-215-30388) is a plugged well in Hidalgo County, plugged December 9, 2011, last operated by Apache Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 30, 1977, permitted to 9,200 ft.
It was permitted by Amoco Production Company and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.4K barrels of oil and 894K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Amoco Production Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Dec 3, 2025
- Permits on file
- 9,758
- Phone
- (713) 954-5500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Apache Corporation |
| Production reports | Apache Corporationthrough Dec 2007 |
| Latest permit | Amoco Production CompanyDec 30, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,200
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 30, 1977
- last permit issued
- May 10, 1978
- completed
- 3.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 894K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2007
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 10, 1978
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Dec 9, 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Weslaco Gas Unit G-4-77213 | Weslaco, South (7400) | Apache Corporation | 1 | 3.4K | 894K | Jan 1993 – Dec 2007 |
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.
- 1MW Petroleum CorporationJan 1993 → Aug 1998
- 2Apache CorporationSep 1998 → Dec 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15174-99 | Recompletion | Amoco Production Company | Dec 30, 1977 | Dec 30, 1977 | — | 9,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1978 | South Weslaco Gas Unit G-4-77213 | Weslaco South (7400) | Apache Corporation | Plugged | — |
| — | South Weslaco Gas Unit G-4-68846 | Weslaco South (9000) | Amoco Production Company | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,932 | 8,950 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,052 | 14.75 | 1,250 S |
| 7 | 9,205 | 9.875 | 900 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Apr 25, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-215-30388 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-30388 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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