TEXAS · WELLS · MCMULLEN COUNTY · KETCHBAW UNIT LEASE · API 42-311-35777 · DISTRICT 01
Ketchbaw Unit #4H
McMullen County · Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) field · Producing · Horizontal
Ketchbaw Unit #4H (API 42-311-35777) is a horizontal well in Mcmullen County operated by Verdun Oil & Gas LLC, completed May 13, 2014 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued December 23, 2013, permitted to 11,042 ft.
It was permitted by Murphy Expl. & Prod. CO. - USA and has since transferred to Verdun Oil & Gas LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 11 formation tops, including Navarro, Olmos, Austin Chalk, Chalk.
Its lease has reported 136K barrels of oil and 745K mcf of gas since August 2012, last reporting volume in August 2026. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - USA; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Oct 5, 2026
- Permits on file
- 400
- Phone
- (713) 337-9300
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC |
| Production reports | Verdun Oil & Gas LLCthrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - USADec 23, 2013 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 11,042
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Dec 23, 2013
- last permit issued
- May 13, 2014
- completed
- 136K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 745K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · AUG 2012 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 13, 2014
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active – Extension (X)
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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ketchbaw Unit O-1-16080 | Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | 2 | 136K | 745K | Aug 2012 – Aug 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 362 · prior 12 12
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 32 · prior 12 10(+220%)
Wells named Ketchbaw Unit
Verdun Oil & Gas LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in McMullen 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.
- 1Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - USAAug 2012 → Sep 2025
- 2Verdun Oil & Gas LLCApr 2026 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 775088-99 | Drill | Murphy Expl. & Prod. Co. - USA | Dec 5, 2013 | Dec 23, 2013 | Jan 1, 2014 | 11,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2014 | Ketchbaw Unit O-1-16080 | Eagleville (Eagle Ford-1) | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | Producing | 11,042 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 299 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Navarro | 7,637 | -7,338 |
| Olmos | 8,640 | -8,341 |
| Olmos | 8,670 | -8,371 |
| Austin Chalk | 10,130 | -9,831 |
| Chalk | 10,170 | -9,871 |
| Eagle FordEAGLE FORD - H2S | 10,967 | -10,668 |
| Eagle FordEAGLEFORD | 10,976 | -10,677 |
| Anacacho | — | — |
| CatahoulaCATAHOULA - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| Escondido | — | — |
| FrioFRIO - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| WilcoxWILCOX - DISPOSAL | — | — |
| YeguaYEGUA - DISPOSAL | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,294 | 15,781 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.625 | 4,950 | 12.25 | 1,238 S |
| 5.5 | 16,213 | 7.875 | 1,496 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 | Sep 2, 2014 | Jun 26, 2014 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 30, 2014 | Mar 26, 2014 | Yes |
Well logs
2 logs loaded from the RRC's log index, 2 of them with a digital LAS file, the latest received May 15, 2017. Gamma ray, While drilling (MWD). These are the logs loaded into Petrora from the Railroad Commission's inventories, not necessarily every log run on the well. The RRC holds the files; each opens from its log search for the well. The kind is the RRC's description of the log; the interval is the one filed for it.
Open the RRC's log search for this well ↗| Logas described | Files | Intervalft, as filed | Datereceived | SizeMB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure While Drilling (MWD)Spans Navarro, Olmos, Austin Chalk, Chalk, Eagle Ford | LAS + TIFF | 4,950 to 16,213 | May 15, 2017 | 0.50 + 6.39 |
| Gamma RaySpans Navarro, Olmos, Austin Chalk, Chalk, Eagle Ford | LAS + TIFF | 4,950 to 16,213 | Jan 4, 2017 | 0.50 + 11.8 |
"Spans" is by this well's own filed formation tops: a formation runs from its top to the next deeper top filed, and the deepest runs to the bottom of the log. Depths are measured along the wellbore, so on a horizontal the lateral counts in the formation it was landed in.
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 42-311-35777 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-311-35777 → scanned completion filings
The logs loaded for this well are under Well logs, with the RRC's log search 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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