WELL · 42-399-34457 · DISTRICT 7
Melissa #1
Runnels County · Fennell (Goen) field · Vertical
Melissa #1 (API 42-399-34457) is a plugged well in Runnels County, plugged September 23, 2015, last operated by Cedar Oil Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1996 and 2011, permitted to 4,500 ft.
It was permitted by Gaedeke Oil & Gas Operating, LLC and has since transferred to Cedar Oil Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including King Sd, Cisco, Goen, Kind Sd.
Its 2 leases have reported 564K barrels of oil and 221K mcf of gas since August 1996, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 4 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Gaedeke Oil & Gas Operating, LLC; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Abilene, TX · P-5 Y, filed Dec 4, 2025 · 76 permits on file · (325) 665-3325
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Cedar Oil Company |
| Production reports | PWR Operating, LLCthrough Jan 2025 |
| Latest permit | Gaedeke Oil & Gas Operating, LLCFeb 18, 2011 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,500
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Feb 18, 2011
- last permit issued
- Aug 1, 1996
- completed
- 564K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 221K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Aug 1996 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 1, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Sep 23, 2015
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; they carry 4 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa O-9-14429 | Fennell (Goen) | Cedar Oil Company | 3 | 557K | 212K | Aug 1996 – Jul 2026 |
| Melissa O-9-17502 | Fennell (Capps) | Gaedeke Oil & Gas Operating, LLC | 1 | 6.58K | 9.05K | May 2011 – Oct 2015 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 2,758(-100%)
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 2,443(-100%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Sha-Jam Operating Corp.Aug 1996 → Jul 2009
- 2Fremont Exploration, Inc.Aug 2009 → Oct 2009
- 3Gaedeke Oil & Gas Operating, LLCNov 2009 → Sep 2023
- 4PWR Operating, LLCOct 2023 → Jan 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 710430-99 | Recompletion | Gaedeke Oil & Gas Operating, LLC | Feb 16, 2011 | Feb 18, 2011 | May 10, 2011 | 4,500 |
| 449725-99 | Drill | Sha-Jam Operating Corp. | Jun 26, 1996 | Jul 2, 1996 | Jul 16, 1996 | 4,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-9-14429 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-9-17502 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 1,948 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,214 | 4,232 | Perforated |
| 4,402 | 4,404 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 216 | 11 | 100 S |
| 4.5 | 4,348 | 5.5 | 150 S |
| 5.5 | 4,412 | 7.875 | 645 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Jun 13, 2012 | Aug 12, 2011 | — |
| 00 | Sep 19, 1996 | Aug 12, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 5, 1996 | — | — |
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 42-399-34457 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-399-34457 → scanned completion filings
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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