TEXAS · WELLS · NUECES COUNTY · API 42-355-32602 · DISTRICT 04

Wardner G.P. #173

Plugged

Nueces County · Stratton (Consolidated) field · Directional

Fields on the latest permit · any of 4: Stratton (F-25) · Field 86508292 · Stratton (G- 2) · Field 86508376; 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.

Wardner G.P. #173 (API 42-355-32602) is a plugged well in Nueces County, plugged August 1, 2012, last operated by Apache Corporation.

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits (amended twice) between 1987 and 1990, permitted to 9,500 ft.

It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Apache Corporation on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including E-31, Bertram, Bertrom, E-49.

Its 2 leases have reported 322K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.

Operator of record

Apache Corporation

Permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Dec 3, 2025
Permits on file: 9,758
Phone: (713) 954-5500

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Apache Corporation
Production reports	Apache Corporationthrough Aug 1999
Latest permit	Union Pacific Resources CompanyFeb 26, 1990

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
5: permits on file
Feb 26, 1990: last permit issued
Mar 20, 1998: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
322K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 1999

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 20, 1998
Shut in: —
Plugged: Aug 1, 2012

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Wardner, G.P. G-4-134001	Stratton (Consolidated)	Apache Corporation	1	0	322K	Jan 1993 – Aug 1999
— O-4-11669	—	—	0	0	0	—

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.

1Union Pacific Resources CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1999
2Collins & Ware, Inc.Feb 1999 → Aug 1999

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
370309-99	Recompletion	Union Pacific Resources Company	Feb 26, 1990	Feb 26, 1990	—	9,360
354752-98	Recompletion	Union Pacific Resources Company	Apr 26, 1989	Dec 30, 1988	—	9,360
354752-99	Recompletion	Union Pacific Resources Company	Dec 30, 1988	Dec 30, 1988	—	9,360
338234-98	Drill	Union Pacific Resources Company	Aug 12, 1988	Nov 3, 1987	—	9,360
338234-99	Drill	Union Pacific Resources Company	Nov 2, 1987	Nov 3, 1987	—	9,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Mar 20, 1998	Wardner G.P. G-4-134001	Stratton (Consolidated)	Apache Corporation	Plugged	—
Apr 8, 1989	Wardner O-4-11669	Stratton (G-21 RES.4)	Union Pacific Resources Company	Plugged	—
Jan 23, 1988	Wardner G.P. G-4-128132	Stratton (M-12)	Union Pacific Resources Company	Plugged	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 100 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
E-31	6,100	-6,000
Bertram	6,230	-6,130
Bertrom	6,230	-6,130
E-49	6,286	-6,186
F-2	6,306	-6,206
F-5	6,334	-6,234
Wardner	6,410	-6,310
F-11	6,416	-6,316
F-34	6,655	-6,555
F-39	6,704	-6,604

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
5,781	5,789	Perforated
6,286	6,290	Perforated
6,306	6,310	Perforated
6,334	6,344	Perforated
6,416	6,430	Perforated
6,655	6,666	Perforated
6,704	6,712	Perforated
6,847	6,856	Perforated
6,918	6,926	Perforated
7,047	7,056	Perforated
9,123	9,146	Perforated
9,232	9,246	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
10.75	1,241	13.5	525 S
2.875	7,291	5	96 S
7.625	7,698	9.875	900 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
May 19, 1998	Apr 29, 1998	—
Jun 12, 1997	May 23, 1997	—
Oct 4, 1995	Jun 21, 1995	Yes
Mar 30, 1995	Mar 7, 1995	—
Dec 6, 1993	Nov 4, 1993	—
Jun 13, 1990	Apr 6, 1990	Yes
Apr 14, 1990	—	Yes
Oct 11, 1989	May 1, 1989	Yes
Sep 26, 1989	—	—
Oct 14, 1988	Feb 16, 1988	Yes
Oct 13, 1988	Mar 29, 1988	—
Sep 21, 1988	—	—

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 42-355-32602 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-355-32602 → scanned completion filings

Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.

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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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