WELL · 42-235-31798 · DISTRICT 7
Winterbotham K-1 #2
Irion County · Dove Creek (Canyon -D-) field · Vertical
Winterbotham K-1 #2 (API 42-235-31798) is a well in Irion County operated by Winchester Energy Company, completed December 28, 1981.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 21, 1981, permitted to 7,000 ft.
It was permitted by Abco Energy Corporation and has since transferred to Winchester Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Canyon.
Its lease has reported 5.5K barrels of oil and 92.1K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Abco Energy Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Austin, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- May 9, 1997
- Permits on file
- 137
- Phone
- (512) 343-9591
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Winchester Energy Company |
| Production reports | GGP Exploration, Ltd.through Dec 2021 |
| Latest permit | Abco Energy CorporationJul 21, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 21, 1981
- last permit issued
- Dec 28, 1981
- completed
- 5.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 92.1K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 28, 1981
- 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterbotham "K-1" O-9-11037 | Dove Creek (Canyon -D-) | GGP Exploration, Ltd. | 1 | 5.5K | 92.1K | 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.
- 1Tpet, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1997
- 2Kestrel Resources, Inc.Jan 1998 → Jun 2005
- 3Dove Creek Energy, Inc.Aug 2005 → Apr 2009
- 4Telesis Operating Co., Inc.Jul 2009 → Dec 2013
- 5Boaz Energy II Operating, LLCJan 2014 → Feb 2017
- 6Petro-Smith Operating LLCJul 2019 → Jul 2019
- 7GGP Exploration, Ltd.Aug 2019 → Dec 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125836-99 | Drill | Abco Energy Corporation | Jul 21, 1981 | Jul 21, 1981 | Aug 23, 1981 | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-11037 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,192 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | 6,300 | -4,108 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,320 | 6,336 | Perforated |
| 6,320 | 6,402 | Perforated |
| 6,380 | 6,388 | Perforated |
| 6,398 | 6,402 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,036 | 10.625 | 475 S |
| 2.375 | 6,228 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 6,741 | 7.875 | 575 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 | Dec 12, 1984 | Nov 12, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Dec 1, 1984 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 5, 1982 | — |
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 42-235-31798 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-235-31798 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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