TEXAS · WELLS · PANOLA COUNTY · API 42-365-38080 · DISTRICT 06
J.W. Wiltcher Gas Unit #4
Panola County · Carthage (Haynesville Shale) field · Producing · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Carthage (Cotton Valley) · Carthage (Haynesville Shale)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
J.W. Wiltcher Gas Unit #4 (API 42-365-38080) is a well in Panola County operated by Valence Operating Company, completed November 8, 2014 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued September 6, 2013, permitted to 10,450 ft.
Completion filings report 10 formation tops, including Blossom, Fredericksburg, Paluxy, Glen Rose.
Its 2 leases have reported 5.5K barrels of oil and 736K mcf of gas since July 2014, last reporting volume in August 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Kingwood, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jun 4, 2026
- Permits on file
- 990
- Phone
- (281) 359-3659
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Valence Operating Company |
| Production reports | Valence Operating Companythrough Aug 2026 |
| Latest permit | Valence Operating CompanySep 6, 2013 |
- 10,450
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Sep 6, 2013
- last permit issued
- Nov 8, 2014
- completed
- 5.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 736K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 2014 THROUGH AUG 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Nov 8, 2014
- Shut in
- —
- 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.
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 2 leases 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.W. Wiltcher Gas Unit G-6-274351 | Carthage (Haynesville Shale) | Valence Operating Company | 1 | 5.5K | 736K | Jul 2014 – Aug 2026 |
| J.W. Wiltcher Gas Unit G-6-274948 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | Valence Operating Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jul 2014 – — |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 10,889 · prior 12 8,516(+28%)
Wells named J.W. Wiltcher Gas Unit
Valence Operating Company's other wells filed under this lease name in Panola 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.
- 1Valence Operating CompanyJul 2014 → Aug 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 769270-98 | Drill | Valence Operating Company | Mar 19, 2014 | Sep 6, 2013 | May 22, 2014 | 12,000 |
| 769270-99 | Drill | Valence Operating Company | Aug 30, 2013 | Sep 6, 2013 | — | 12,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2014 | J.W. Wiltcher Gas Unit G-6-274351 | Carthage (Haynesville Shale) | Valence Operating Company | Producing | 10,450 |
| Jul 25, 2014 | J.W. Wiltcher Gas Unit G-6-274948 | Carthage (Cotton Valley) | Valence Operating Company | SWR-10-Well · shut in Jul 1, 2014 | 10,450 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 328 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Blossom | 2,300 | -1,972 |
| Fredericksburg | 2,520 | -2,192 |
| Paluxy | 3,325 | -2,997 |
| Glen Rose | 3,570 | -3,242 |
| Rodessa | 5,245 | -4,917 |
| PettitPETTET | 5,720 | -5,392 |
| Travis Peak | 6,360 | -6,032 |
| Cotton Valley | 8,445 | -8,117 |
| Haynesville | 9,490 | -9,162 |
| Nacatoch | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,558 | 9,480 | Perforated |
| 10,125 | 10,280 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,005 | 12.25 | 564 S |
| 9.625 | 1,005 | 12.25 | 564 S |
| 5.5 | 10,449 | 8.75 | 2,500 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 | Dec 9, 2014 | Nov 10, 2014 | — |
| 00 | Dec 8, 2014 | Oct 13, 2014 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 4, 2014 | Aug 13, 2014 | Yes |
| 00 | Oct 31, 2014 | Aug 13, 2014 | Yes |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received May 31, 2017. Density, Neutron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEUTRON/DENSITY POROSITYSpans Blossom, Fredericksburg, Paluxy, Glen Rose, Rodessa, Pettit, Travis Peak, Cotton Valley, Haynesville | TIFF | 1,005 to 10,447 | May 31, 2017run Jun 9, 2014 | 11.3 |
"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 42-365-38080 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-365-38080 → 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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