WELL · 42-325-34201 · DISTRICT 1
William E. Emley #8
Medina County · Chicon Lake field · Vertical
William E. Emley #8 (API 42-325-34201) is a plugged well in Medina County, plugged April 17, 2024, last operated by Petrosaurus Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued July 31, 2015, permitted to 500 ft.
It was permitted by Nails Operating Company LLC and has since transferred to Petrosaurus Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Escondido, Anacacho, Buda, Olmos.
Its lease has reported 48 barrels of oil since August 2016, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Nails Operating Company LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Somerset, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · (210) 336-6355
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Petrosaurus Inc. |
| Production reports | Petrosaurus, Inc.through May 2021 |
| Latest permit | Nails Operating Company LLCJul 31, 2015 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jul 31, 2015
- last permit issued
- Aug 15, 2016
- completed
- 48
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 0
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 2016 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 15, 2016
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Apr 17, 2024
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William E. Emley O-1-18935 | Chicon Lake | Petrosaurus, Inc. | 4 | 48 | 0 | Aug 2016 – Jul 2026 |
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.
- 1Nails Operating Company LLCNov 2016 → Apr 2017
- 2Overstreet, Jamie LJun 2017 → Jan 2018
- 3Longshot Energy LLCJul 2018 → Apr 2021
- 4Petrosaurus, Inc.May 2021 → May 2021
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 808512-99 | Drill | Nails Operating Company LLC | Jul 16, 2015 | Jul 31, 2015 | Oct 13, 2015 | 500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-18935 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 723 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 447 | 453 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 447 | 6.75 | 81 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 | Mar 15, 2017 | Dec 8, 2016 | 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 42-325-34201 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-325-34201 → 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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