WELL · 42-287-30905 · DISTRICT 3
Gerdes Development Company Unit #1
Lee County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
Gerdes Development Company Unit #1 (API 42-287-30905) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged September 12, 2012, last operated by Enervest Operating L.L.C..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 11, 1981, permitted to 10,000 ft.
It was permitted by Champlin Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Enervest Operating L.L.C. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.16K barrels of oil and 73.3K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in October 2012.
Operator of record
Permitted by Champlin Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 13, 2026
- Permits on file
- 1,249
- Phone
- (713) 659-3500
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Enervest Operating L.L.C. |
| Production reports | Cirrus Production Companythrough Feb 1997 |
| Latest permit | Champlin Exploration, Inc.May 11, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 10,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 11, 1981
- last permit issued
- Feb 25, 1982
- completed
- 3.16K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 73.3K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 25, 1982
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 12, 2012
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerdes Development Company Unit O-3-15625 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Enervest Operating, L.L.C. | 1 | 3.16K | 73.3K | Jan 1993 – Oct 2012 |
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.
- 1Cirrus Production CompanyJan 1993 → Feb 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118478-99 | Drill | Champlin Exploration, Inc. | May 11, 1981 | May 11, 1981 | — | 10,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 1982 | Gerdes Development Company Unit O-3-15625 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Enervest Operating L.L.C. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 9,453 | 9,674 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,298 | 12.25 | 1,160 S |
| 2.375 | 9,398 | — | — |
| 5.5 | 9,767 | 8.75 | 335 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 | Oct 17, 2002 | Sep 16, 2002 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 29, 1982 | — |
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 42-287-30905 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-30905 → 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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