WELL · 42-285-31774 · DISTRICT 2

Hathaway-Edwards Gas Unit #5

Hathaway-Edwards Gas Unit #5 (API 42-285-31774) is a permitted well in Lavaca County filed by Howell Drilling, Inc.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1983 and 1984, permitted to 15,000 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Wilcox, Austin Chalk, Edwards.

Operator of record

Howell Drilling, Inc.

San Antonio, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 22, 2001 · 176 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.through Feb 2017
Latest permit	Howell Drilling, Inc.Aug 9, 1984

15,000: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Aug 9, 1984: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
3.29M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2017

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
Hathaway-Edwards GU 5 G-2-112263	Word, N. (Edwards)	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	1	0	3.29M	Jan 1993 – Mar 2017

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.

1Howell Drilling, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1993
2Parker & Parsley Development Co.Jan 1994 → Feb 1995
3Parker & Parsley Development L.PMar 1995 → Aug 1997
4Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.Sep 1997 → Feb 2017
5Prize Operating CompanyJul 1999 → Mar 2002
6Gruy Petroleum Management Co.Apr 2002 → Apr 2006
7Cimarex Energy Co. of ColoradoMay 2006 → Nov 2008

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
248016-99	Drill	Howell Drilling, Inc.	Aug 2, 1984	Aug 9, 1984	—	15,000
220718-99	Drill	Howell Drilling, Inc.	Nov 14, 1983	Nov 15, 1983	—	15,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-2-112263	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 250 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
WilcoxTOP WILCOX	5,810	-5,560
Austin ChalkTOP AUSTIN CHALK	13,120	-12,870
EdwardsTOP EDWARDS	13,360	-13,110

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
13,439	13,611	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	2,001	17.5	1,300 S
9.625	9,700	12.25	800 S
5	14,790	6	184 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	Nov 7, 1984	Jul 27, 1984	—
00	Nov 1, 1984	Jul 9, 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 42-285-31774 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-285-31774 → 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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