WELL · 42-373-30645 · DISTRICT 3

Watt #1

Plugged

Polk County · Livingston (2700) field  · Vertical

Watt #1 (API 42-373-30645) is a plugged well in Polk County, plugged January 9, 2004, last operated by Viesca Gas CO..

The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1986 and 2000, permitted to 6,200 ft.

Completion filings report 6 formation tops, including Frio, Hockley, Cockfield, Yegua.

Its 3 leases have reported 19.4K barrels of oil and 100K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in January 2004. The leases carry 3 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Viesca Gas Co.

Spring, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 8 permits on file · (832) 656-7109

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleViesca Gas Co.
Production reportsCore E & P Corp.through Feb 2002
Latest permitViesca Gas Co.Oct 18, 2000

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

6,200
total depth, ft
3
permits on file
Oct 18, 2000
last permit issued
Mar 24, 1999
completed
19.4K
cumulative oil, bbl
100K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 2004

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Mar 24, 1999
Shut in
—
Plugged
Jan 9, 2004

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 3 leases this well is completed on; they carry 3 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Watt G-3-180098Livingston (2020)Core E & P Corp.108.82KNov 2000 – Jan 2004
Watt G-3-172958Livingston (2700)Viesca Gas Co.1088.2KMar 1999 – Nov 2000
Watt O-3-19337Livingston (Hockley Sand)Viesca Gas Co.119.4K3.01KJan 1993 – Nov 1999

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.

  1. 1Evans, JulianJan 1993 → Nov 1995
  2. 2Viesca Gas Co.Dec 1995 → Jul 2001
  3. 3Core E & P Corp.Aug 2001 → Feb 2002

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
500710-99RecompletionViesca Gas Co.Oct 12, 2000Oct 18, 2000Nov 10, 20002,700
483693-99RecompletionViesca Gas Co.Apr 5, 1999Apr 7, 1999Mar 23, 19992,700
302821-99DrillEvans, JulianJun 3, 1986Jun 3, 1986Jul 1, 19866,200

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-3-172958————
—— G-3-180098————
—— O-3-19337————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 251 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
FrioBASE FRIO3,160-2,909
Hockley3,320-3,069
Cockfield4,110-3,859
Yegua4,320-4,069
Cook Mtn.5,560-5,309
Sparta6,020-5,769

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
2,0322,034Perforated
2,7132,717Perforated
3,6913,693Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.6251,32812.25657 S
4.56,2167.875608 S
4.256,2167.875608 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Feb 26, 2001Dec 5, 2000Yes
00Jan 4, 2001——
00Jun 17, 1999Apr 29, 1999Yes
00Jun 8, 1999——
00Sep 9, 1986Aug 11, 1986Yes
00Sep 5, 1986——

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.

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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