WELL · 42-287-30553 · DISTRICT 3
Joyce Unit #1
Lee County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
Joyce Unit #1 (API 42-287-30553) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged May 3, 2007, last operated by Wcs Oil & Gas Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued September 17, 1979, permitted to 7,800 ft.
It was permitted by Nucorp Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Wcs Oil & Gas Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 26.3K barrels of oil and 14.2K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in June 2007.
Operator of record
Permitted by Nucorp Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 28, 2021
- Permits on file
- 44
- Phone
- (214) 357-9116
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | WCS Oil & Gas Corporation |
| Production reports | WCS Oil & Gas Corporationthrough Feb 2007 |
| Latest permit | Nucorp Energy, Inc.Sep 17, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,800
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Sep 17, 1979
- last permit issued
- Dec 15, 1979
- completed
- 26.3K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 14.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jun 2007
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 15, 1979
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 3, 2007
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Unit O-3-12624 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | WCS Oil & Gas Corporation | 1 | 26.3K | 14.2K | Jan 1993 – Jun 2007 |
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.
- 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 → Feb 2007
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58110-99 | Drill | Nucorp Energy, Inc. | Sep 17, 1979 | Sep 17, 1979 | — | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-3-12624 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,672 | 7,848 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 532 | — | 400 S |
| 2.875 | 6,996 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 7,173 | — | 300 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Dec 31, 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 42-287-30553 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30553 → 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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