WELL · 42-287-30523 · DISTRICT 3
Hardwick-Biggs #1RE
Lee County · Horizontal
Hardwick-Biggs #1RE (API 42-287-30523) is a permitted horizontal well in Lee County filed by Wcs Oil And Gas Corporation; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1979 and 2000, permitted to 10,000 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Taylor, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 297K barrels of oil and 255K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Dallas, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 7, 2005 · 277 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | WCS Oil and Gas CorporationAug 25, 2000 |
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Aug 25, 2000
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 297K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 255K
- 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; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick-Biggs Unit O-3-12394 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 3 | 297K | 255K | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 3,361 · prior 12 4,333(-22%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 5,848 · prior 12 3,233(+81%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Bridge Oil Company, L. P.Jan 1993 → Sep 1994
- 2Parker & Parsley Development L.POct 1994 → Jan 1995
- 3Parker & Parsley Producing L.P.Feb 1995 → May 1996
- 4Costilla Petroleum CorporationJun 1996 → Jan 1997
- 5Costilla Energy, Inc.Feb 1997 → Mar 1999
- 6Petra Oleum Corp.Apr 1999 → Apr 2000
- 7WCS Oil and Gas CorporationMay 2000 → Apr 2005
- 8WCS Oil & Gas CorporationMay 2005 → Aug 2021
- 9Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCSep 2021 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 498888-99 | Recompletion | WCS Oil and Gas Corporation | Aug 25, 2000 | Aug 25, 2000 | Sep 13, 2000 | 10,000 |
| 341033-99 | Recompletion | Pin Oak Petroleum, Inc. | Jan 5, 1988 | Jan 6, 1988 | — | 7,900 |
| 53060-99 | Drill | Nucorp Energy, Inc. | Jul 17, 1979 | Jul 17, 1979 | Jul 8, 1979 | 7,900 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-12394 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-12394 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 397 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor | 6,580 | -6,183 |
| Austin Chalk | 7,143 | -6,746 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,183 | 7,716 | Perforated |
| 7,183 | 10,570 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 522 | 13.5 | 400 S |
| 5.5 | 7,183 | 8.75 | 350 S |
| 2.875 | 7,561 | — | — |
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 | Jun 25, 2001 | Oct 23, 2000 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 5, 2001 | Aug 8, 1979 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 8, 1979 | — |
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 42-287-30523 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30523 → 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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