TEXAS · WELLS · LEE COUNTY · KAPPLER LEASE · API 42-287-32194 · DISTRICT 03
Kappler #1
Lee County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Buda)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.
Kappler #1 (API 42-287-32194) is a plugged well in Lee County, plugged March 13, 2019, last operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued May 16, 1988, permitted to 9,500 ft.
It was permitted by Gemini Exploration Company and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk, Eagle Ford, Buda.
Its lease has reported 9.51K barrels of oil and 66.8K mcf of gas since the record begins in January 1993, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Permitted by Gemini Exploration Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- May 6, 2026
- Permits on file
- 617
- Phone
- (713) 842-9050
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Jun 1997 |
| Latest permit | Gemini Exploration CompanyMay 16, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- May 16, 1988
- last permit issued
- Nov 19, 1988
- completed
- 9.51K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 66.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · ON RECORD FROM JAN 1993, THE RECORD'S FIRST MONTH, THROUGH JUN 1997
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 19, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 13, 2019
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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
Lease production
PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kappler O-3-20361 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1 | 9.51K | 66.8K | by Jan 1993 – Jun 1997 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Kappler
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Lee County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Torch Operating CompanyJan 1993 → Aug 1995
- 2Union Pacific Resources CompanyJul 1996 → Jun 1997
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 344448-99 | Drill | Gemini Exploration Company | Mar 25, 1988 | May 16, 1988 | — | 9,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 1988 | Kappler O-3-20361 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Plugged | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 425 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Pecan Gap | 6,790 | -6,365 |
| Austin Chalk | 7,162 | -6,737 |
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD | 7,896 | -7,471 |
| Buda | 7,994 | -7,569 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,383 | 7,453 | Perforated |
| 7,733 | 7,874 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 3,400 | 12.25 | 1,177 S |
| 5.5 | 8,115 | 8.75 | 620 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. 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 | Mar 2, 1989 | Dec 13, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 17, 1989 | — | — |
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 42-287-32194 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-287-32194 → 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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