TEXAS · WELLS · LEE COUNTY · O-3-13897 LEASE · API 42-287-30777 · DISTRICT 03
WCS Bowers #1
Lee County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
Wcs Bowers #1 (API 42-287-30777) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged July 15, 1991, last operated by Wcs Oil And Gas Corporation.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 22, 1980, permitted to 8,500 ft.
It was permitted by Columbia Gas Development Corp. and has since transferred to Wcs Oil And Gas Corporation on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Columbia Gas Development Corp.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Dallas, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Feb 19, 2004
- Permits on file
- 277
- Phone
- (214) 357-9116
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | WCS Oil and Gas Corporation |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Columbia Gas Development Corp.Aug 22, 1980 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 8,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 22, 1980
- last permit issued
- Jan 2, 1981
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 2, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jul 15, 1991
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — O-3-13897 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90954-99 | Drill | Columbia Gas Development Corp. | Aug 22, 1980 | Aug 22, 1980 | — | 8,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1981 | WCS Bowers O-3-13897 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | WCS Oil and Gas Corporation | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,014 | 8,224 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 3,476 | 13.5 | 600 S |
| 7 | 7,621 | 9.875 | 575 S |
| 2.875 | 7,950 | — | — |
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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 22, 1981 | — |
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 42-287-30777 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30777 → 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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