WELL · 42-245-32897 · DISTRICT 3
McFaddin Ranch #17
Jefferson County · Wildcat field · Directional
Mcfaddin Ranch #17 (API 42-245-32897) is a plugged well in Jefferson County, plugged July 30, 2025, last operated by Kingwood Exploration LLC.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2020 and 2025, permitted to 8,000 ft.
It was permitted by Kingwood Exploration LLC and has since transferred to Kingwood Exploration LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Kingwood Exploration LLC
Permitted by Kingwood Exploration LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Kingwood Exploration LLCJun 9, 2025 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 9, 2025
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 30, 2025
Surface location
29.776269, -93.974122
OpenStreetMap → · Google Maps →
Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Jefferson County.
Only the permit record exists for this well so far, here and in the RRC's wellbore query. Completion reports, formation tops, lease production, and the scanned filings appear once the operator files a completion report, typically months after drilling. Petrora refreshes the wellbore file weekly, so a filing from the last few days may reach the RRC before it shows here. How long each source takes →
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 908488-99 | Drill | Kingwood Exploration LLC | Jun 9, 2025 | Jun 9, 2025 | Jun 29, 2025 | 8,000 |
| 863176-99 | Drill | Kingwood Exploration LLC | Apr 1, 2020 | Apr 1, 2020 | — | 8,000 |
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 42-245-32897 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-245-32897 → 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.
Nearby wells and their tops
NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM
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This well has no tops filed, so it cannot anchor a section; its neighbours can.
McFaddin Ranch42-245-32095
1.0 KM · Merit Energy Company · Section with this well →
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 4,327 | -4,324 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7,198 | -7,195 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7,312 | -7,309 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7,374 | -7,371 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7,450 | -7,447 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7,698 | -7,695 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 7,873 | -7,870 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 8,205 | -8,202 |
18 TOPS · FIRST 8
McFaddin Ranch42-245-30213
1.1 KM · Merit Energy Company · Section with this well →
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 2,031 | -2,030 |
| Amphathistegina Zone | 5,252 | -5,251 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 5,316 | -5,315 |
| P West | 6,670 | -6,669 |
| P West Lower | 6,693 | -6,692 |
| Mioceneq West | 6,716 | -6,715 |
| Q West | 6,716 | -6,715 |
| R Sand | 6,828 | -6,827 |
22 TOPS · FIRST 8
McFaddin Ranch42-245-32060
1.1 KM · Merit Energy Company · Section with this well →
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 5,040 | -5,036 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 6,750 | -6,746 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 6,912 | -6,908 |
| Big Hill Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Pleistocene-Lissie - Disposal | — | |
| Spindletop Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Marinulina - Disposal | — | |
| Lafayette - Disposal | — |
12 TOPS · FIRST 8
McFaddin Ranch42-245-32841
1.5 KM · Kingwood Exploration LLC · Section with this well →
| Pleistocene-Lissie - Disposal | 1,000 | -999 |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 3,150 | -3,149 |
| Fannett Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Big Hill Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Caprock | — | |
| Frio | — | |
| Heterostegina - Disposal | — | |
| Lafayette - Disposal | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
McFaddin Ranch42-245-32876
1.5 KM · Kingwood Exploration LLC · Section with this well →
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 5,040 | -5,039 |
| Heterostegina - Disposal | — | |
| Fannett Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Lafayette - Disposal | — | |
| Marinulina - Disposal | — | |
| Pleistocene-Lissie - Disposal | — | |
| Frio | — | |
| Spindletop Salt Dome - Disposal | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
McFaddin Trust42-245-32860
15.7 KM · Oleum Exploration, LLC · Section with this well →
| Caprock | — | |
| Pleistocene-Lissie - Disposal | — | |
| Spindletop Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | — | |
| Marinulina - Disposal | — | |
| Lafayette - Disposal | — | |
| Heterostegina - Disposal | — | |
| Fannett Salt Dome - Disposal | — |
10 TOPS · FIRST 8
McFaddin State42-245-32856
15.7 KM · Oleum Exploration, LLC · Section with this well →
| G Sand Formation | 2,450 | -2,429 |
| J Sand Formation | 4,355 | -4,334 |
| P Sand Formation | 5,855 | -5,834 |
| Big Hill Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Heterostegina - Disposal | — | |
| Frio | — | |
| Fannett Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Caprock | — |
13 TOPS · FIRST 8
Broussard-Hebert 'E'42-245-32540
15.7 KM · Ballard Exploration Company,inc. · Section with this well →
| Miocene (undifferentiated) | 2,850 | -2,846 |
| Frio | 9,250 | -9,246 |
| Frio | 9,250 | -9,246 |
| Top Hackberry | 9,910 | -9,906 |
| Top Hackberry 4 | 10,530 | -10,526 |
| Spindletop Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Fannett Salt Dome - Disposal | — | |
| Caprock | — |
13 TOPS · FIRST 8
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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