TEXAS · WELLS · KENT COUNTY · WELCH LEASE · API 42-263-31695 · DISTRICT 7B
Welch #2
Kent County · Wildcat field · Shut In · Vertical
Welch #2 (API 42-263-31695) is a well in Kent County operated by Sojourner Drilling Corporation, completed January 10, 2002 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in July 1, 2005.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 13, 2001, permitted to 4,081 ft.
No lease production has been reported under this well’s leases.
Operator of record
Sojourner Drilling Corporation
- Based in
- Abilene, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 7, 2025
- Permits on file
- 872
- Phone
- (325) 672-2832
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Sojourner Drilling Corporation |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Sojourner Drilling CorporationDec 13, 2001 |
- 4,081
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 13, 2001
- last permit issued
- Jan 10, 2002
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUN 2005 THROUGH —
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 10, 2002
- Shut in
- Jul 1, 2005
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welch O-11-69102 | Wildcat | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jun 2005 – — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Welch
Sojourner Drilling Corporation's other wells filed under this lease name in Kent County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsPermits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 516013-99 | Drill | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Dec 11, 2001 | Dec 13, 2001 | Dec 15, 2001 | 4,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2002 | Welch O-11-69102 | Wildcat | Sojourner Drilling Corporation | Shut In · shut in Jul 1, 2005 | 4,081 |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 335 | 12.25 | 212 S |
| 4.5 | 4,081 | 8 | 212 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 | Jul 5, 2007 | Jun 22, 2007 | Yes |
| 00 | Jun 29, 2007 | — | — |
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 42-263-31695 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-263-31695 → 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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