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WELL · 42-401-32711 · DISTRICT 6

Witcher Wm. Gas Unit #2

Plugged

Rusk County · Oak Hill (Cotton Valley) field  · Vertical

Witcher WM. Gas Unit #2 (API 42-401-32711) is a plugged well in Rusk County, plugged April 4, 2023, last operated by Rockcliff Energy Operating LLC.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 15, 1997, permitted to 11,500 ft.

It was permitted by Nuevo Energy Company and has since transferred to Rockcliff Energy Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Base "B" Lm., Lwr Cotton Valleysd., Bossier.

Operator of record

Rockcliff Energy Operating LLC

Permitted by Nuevo Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 4, 2026 · 569 permits on file · (318) 459-2382

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleRockcliff Energy Operating LLC
Production reportsRockcliff Energy Operating LLCthrough Oct 2017
Latest permitNuevo Energy CompanyApr 15, 1997

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

11,500
total depth, ft
1
permits on file
Apr 15, 1997
last permit issued
Jul 16, 1997
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
1.86M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1997 THROUGH Apr 2023

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Jul 16, 1997
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 4, 2023

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Witcher, Wm. Gas Unit G-6-164486Oak Hill (Cotton Valley)Rockcliff Energy Operating LLC101.86MJul 1997 – Apr 2023

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. 1Nuevo Energy CompanyJul 1997 → Dec 1998
  2. 2Samson Lone Star LPJan 1999 → Jun 2007
  3. 3Samson Lone Star, LLCJul 2007 → Sep 2017
  4. 4Rockcliff Energy Operating LLCOct 2017 → Oct 2017

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
461137-99DrillNuevo Energy CompanyApr 15, 1997Apr 15, 1997Jun 6, 199711,500

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-6-164486————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 447 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Base "B" Lm.9,160-8,713
LWR Cotton Valleysd.10,266-9,819
BossierBOSSIER SHALE10,550-10,103

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
9,2029,208Perforated
9,2029,354Perforated
9,3209,354Perforated
9,82010,070Perforated
10,26710,270Perforated
10,26710,546Perforated
10,29410,296Perforated
10,30410,307Perforated
10,31910,322Perforated
10,32610,329Perforated
10,33710,341Perforated
10,36710,369Perforated
10,39410,397Perforated
10,40710,410Perforated
10,42410,427Perforated
10,43010,432Perforated
10,44110,443Perforated
10,44710,450Perforated
10,46010,462Perforated
10,46910,771Perforated
10,48110,483Perforated
10,48610,488Perforated
10,49410,497Perforated
10,53610,540Perforated
10,54410,546Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
1640——
8.62599712.25540 S
4.510,6787.8751,077 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
00Aug 28, 2001Jul 13, 2001—
00Apr 20, 2001Feb 9, 2001—
00Oct 10, 1997Aug 8, 1997Yes
00Oct 1, 1997——

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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