TEXAS · WELLS · ROBERTSON COUNTY · CHARLES - ELLEN UNIT LEASE · API 42-395-30461 · DISTRICT 03
Charles - Ellen Unit #1
Robertson County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Shut In · Horizontal
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 3
- Caldwell, NE (Georgetown) · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Buda)
- Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated.
Charles - Ellen Unit #1 (API 42-395-30461) is a horizontal well in Robertson County operated by Wildfire Energy Operating LLC, completed July 16, 1996 and listed as shut in on the RRC schedule, shut in June 1, 2020.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued April 16, 1996, permitted to 13,231 ft.
It was permitted by Union Pacific Resources Company and has since transferred to Wildfire Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 217K barrels of oil and 201K mcf of gas since July 1996, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
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
- Nov 24, 2025
- Permits on file
- 171
- Phone
- (832) 558-0100
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Wildfire Energy Operating LLCthrough Mar 2020 |
| Latest permit | Union Pacific Resources CompanyApr 16, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 13,231
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Apr 16, 1996
- last permit issued
- Jul 16, 1996
- completed
- 217K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 201K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · JUL 1996 THROUGH MAR 2020
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 16, 1996
- Shut in
- Jun 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.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles - Ellen Unit O-3-23043 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | 1 | 217K | 201K | Jul 1996 – Mar 2020 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Charles - Ellen Unit
Wildfire Energy Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Robertson 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.
- 1Union Pacific Resources CompanyJul 1996 → Jan 2001
- 2Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
- 3Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Dec 2012
- 4Anadarko E&P Onshore LLCJan 2013 → Jun 2017
- 5Wildhorse Resources Mngt Co, LLCJul 2017 → May 2019
- 6Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C.Jun 2019 → Mar 2020
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447075-98 | Drill | Union Pacific Resources Company | Aug 1, 1996 | Apr 16, 1996 | — | 7,800 |
| 447075-99 | Drill | Union Pacific Resources Company | Apr 16, 1996 | Apr 16, 1996 | Apr 30, 1996 | 7,800 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1996 | Charles - Ellen Unit O-3-23043 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Wildfire Energy Operating LLC | Shut In · shut in Jun 1, 2020 | 13,231 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 389 | 12,660 | Perforated |
| 6,660 | 11,850 | Perforated |
| 7,462 | 13,231 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 1,480 | 14.75 | 630 S |
| 7.625 | 7,389 | 9.875 | 1,015 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 | Sep 24, 1996 | Aug 1, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 12, 1996 | — | — |
Well logs
1 log loaded from the RRC's log index, the latest received Aug 8, 2008. Cased hole. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SURVEYS CASED HOLE | TIFF | 6,295 to 12,660 | Aug 8, 2008run Jun 7, 1996 | 2.27 |
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 42-395-30461 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-395-30461 → 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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