WELL · 42-301-31516 · DISTRICT 8

Gills 8 #2

Gills 8 #2 (API 42-301-31516) is a permitted well in Loving County filed by Priest Petroleum Corporation; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 23, 2009, permitted to 16,398 ft.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Bone Spring, Wolfcamp, Pennsylvanian, Strawn.

Operator of record

Priest Petroleum Corporation

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2025 · 13 permits on file · (713) 419-8887

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Felix Energy Holdings II, LLCthrough Jul 2018
Latest permit	Priest Petroleum CorporationDec 23, 2009

16,398: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Dec 23, 2009: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
1.17M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Dec 2012 THROUGH Oct 2020

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
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 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
Gills 8 G-10-277794	Haley (Lwr. Wolfcamp-Penn Cons.)	WPX Energy Permian, LLC	1	0	1.17M	Dec 2012 – Oct 2020

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.

1Unit Petroleum CompanyDec 2012 → Aug 2016
2Felix Energy Holdings II, LLCSep 2016 → Jul 2018

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
687501-99	Drill	Priest Petroleum Corporation	Nov 17, 2009	Dec 23, 2009	Dec 23, 2011	16,398

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-10-277794	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,025 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Bone SpringBONE SPRINGS	9,300	-6,275
Wolfcamp	11,665	-8,640
Pennsylvanian	15,023	-11,998
Strawn	16,075	-13,050
Atoka	16,425	-13,400

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
14,836	16,382	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
9.625	3,500	12.25	2,160 S
7	12,790	8.75	740 S
5	16,465	6.125	410 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	Aug 4, 2020	Aug 3, 2020	—
00	Sep 18, 2015	Jul 7, 2015	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 42-301-31516 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-301-31516 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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