WELL · 42-245-31720 · DISTRICT 3

Walter Co. "C" #1

Walter CO. "C" #1 (API 42-245-31720) is a permitted well in Jefferson County filed by Petrus Operating CO., Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1981 and 1983, permitted to 9,000 ft.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Marg. Sands, Frio, Hackberry Sand, Nodosaria 1st.

Its lease has reported 30.7K barrels of oil and 19 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.

Operator of record

Petrus Operating Co., Inc.

Based in: Dallas, TX
P-5 status: Inactive (I)
P-5 last filed: Jul 24, 1986
Permits on file: 161
Phone: (972) 387-0599

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Miocene Oil & Gas, Inc.through Jul 1997
Latest permit	Petrus Operating Co., Inc.Sep 23, 1983

9,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Sep 23, 1983: last permit issued
—: completed
30.7K: cumulative oil, bbl
19: 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 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
Walter Co. "C" O-3-17190	China, SE (Nodosaria 2ND)	Miocene Oil & Gas, Ltd.	1	30.7K	19	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.

1Sabre Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Jun 1995
2Viola Prod., Inc.Jul 1995 → Oct 1995
3Miocene Oil & Gas, Inc.Nov 1995 → Jul 1997

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
214260-99	Drill	Petrus Operating Co., Inc.	Nov 9, 1983	Sep 23, 1983	—	9,000
111404-99	Drill	Petrus Operating Co., Inc.	Mar 9, 1981	Mar 9, 1981	—	9,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-3-17190	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 43 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Marg. Sands	6,824	-6,781
FrioFRIO SANDS	7,108	-7,065
Hackberry Sand	8,035	-7,992
Nodosaria 1ST	8,605	-8,562
Nodosaria 2ND	8,740	-8,697

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,758	8,760	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	1,497	12.25	530 S
5.5	8,942	8.75	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	Feb 8, 1984	Dec 20, 1983	—
00	Jan 25, 1984	Dec 20, 1983	—

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 42-245-31720 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-245-31720 → 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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