WELL · 42-297-35081 · DISTRICT 2
Hatcher Heirs Gas Unit #1
Live Oak County · McNeill (Yegua 5300) field · Directional
Hatcher Heirs Gas Unit #1 (API 42-297-35081) is a well in Live Oak County operated by Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc., completed January 19, 2012.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 8, 2011, permitted to 5,850 ft.
It was permitted by Choice Exploration, Inc. and has since transferred to Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Hockley, Pettus, Yegua.
Its 2 leases have reported 205 barrels of oil and 200K mcf of gas since January 2012, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc.
Permitted by Choice Exploration, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 9, 2023
- Permits on file
- 346
- Phone
- (210) 354-1515
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Welder Exploration & Prod. Inc. |
| Production reports | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc.through Aug 2018 |
| Latest permit | Choice Exploration, Inc.Dec 8, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,850
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 8, 2011
- last permit issued
- Jan 19, 2012
- completed
- 205
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 200K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 2012 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 19, 2012
- 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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatcher Heirs Gas Unit O-2-11522 | McNeill (Yegua 5300) | Welderxp Ltd. | 1 | 205 | 218 | Apr 2018 – Jul 2026 |
| Hatcher Heirs Gas Unit G-2-265034 | McNeill (Yegua 5300) | Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc. | 1 | 0 | 200K | Jan 2012 – Oct 2018 |
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.
- 1Choice Exploration, Inc.Dec 2012 → Aug 2013
- 2Welder Exploration & Prod., Inc.Sep 2013 → Aug 2018
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 729337-99 | Drill | Choice Exploration, Inc. | Dec 2, 2011 | Dec 8, 2011 | Dec 29, 2011 | 5,850 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-2-265034 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-11522 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 117 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,431 | 5,436 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 772 | 12.25 | 345 S |
| 4.5 | 5,650 | 7.875 | 1,065 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 3, 2018 | Jun 7, 2018 | — |
| 00 | Oct 24, 2012 | May 11, 2012 | Yes |
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 42-297-35081 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-297-35081 → 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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