TEXAS · WELLS · PALO PINTO COUNTY · WATSON, W. "B" LEASE · API 42-363-33951 · DISTRICT 6E
Watson W. B #1
Palo Pinto County · Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Palo Pinto County Regular · Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas)
- 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.
Watson W. B #1 (API 42-363-33951) is a well in Palo Pinto County operated by Texxol Operating Company Inc., completed January 31, 1990 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2020.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 29, 1988, permitted to 4,171 ft.
It was permitted by Richey, Ray Management CO., Inc. and has since transferred to Texxol Operating Company Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Strawn, Big Saline.
Its lease has reported 117K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Richey, Ray Management Co., Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Fort Worth, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- May 19, 2026
- Permits on file
- 20
- Phone
- (817) 246-2455
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Texxol Operating Company Inc. |
| Production reports | Texxol Operating Company, Inc.through Feb 2020 |
| Latest permit | Richey, Ray Management Co., Inc.Nov 29, 1988 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,171
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 29, 1988
- last permit issued
- Jan 31, 1990
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 117K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 1994 THROUGH Feb 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jan 31, 1990
- Shut in
- Mar 1, 2020
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson, W. "B" G-8-133427 | Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas) | Texxol Operating Company, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 117K | Jan 1993 – Feb 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.
- 1Richey, Ray Management Co., Inc.Jun 1994 → Jul 2013
- 2Texxol Operating Company, Inc.Aug 2013 → Feb 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353656-99 | Drill | Richey, Ray Management Co., Inc. | Nov 28, 1988 | Nov 29, 1988 | — | 4,200 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 1990 | Watson W. B G-8-133427 | Palo Pinto Co. Reg. (Gas) | Texxol Operating Company Inc. | Temp Abandoned · shut in Mar 1, 2020 | 4,171 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,282 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| StrawnSTRAWN SAND | 1,171 | 111 |
| Big Saline | 3,789 | -2,507 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,092 | 4,106 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 330 | 12.25 | 280 S |
| 4.5 | 4,154 | 7.875 | 200 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 | Feb 27, 1990 | Feb 12, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 22, 1990 | — | — |
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 42-363-33951 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-363-33951 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here 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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