WELL · 42-409-32489 · DISTRICT 4
Welder Wildlife Foundation #4
San Patricio County · Rooke (8450) field · Vertical
Welder Wildlife Foundation #4 (API 42-409-32489) is a plugged well in San Patricio County, plugged February 9, 2000, last operated by Little Lou Operating CO. Inc..
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1995 and 1996, permitted to 8,600 ft.
Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Anahuac, Frio.
Its 2 leases have reported 20.5K barrels of oil and 115K mcf of gas since January 1996, last reporting in April 2000. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
- Based in
- Portland, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 29, 2016
- Permits on file
- 78
- Phone
- (361) 815-5825
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Little Lou Operating Co. Inc. |
| Production reports | Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc.through Aug 1999 |
| Latest permit | Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc.Jun 21, 1996 |
- 8,600
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 21, 1996
- last permit issued
- May 18, 1996
- completed
- 20.5K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 115K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1996 THROUGH Apr 2000
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 18, 1996
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 9, 2000
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welder Wildlife Foundation O-4-12583 | Rooke (8450) | Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc. | 1 | 20.5K | 29.2K | May 1996 – Apr 2000 |
| Welder Wildlife Foundation G-4-156728 | Rooke (8050) | Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc. | 1 | 0 | 85.8K | Jan 1996 – Feb 2000 |
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.
- 1Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc.Jan 1996 → Aug 1999
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 449602-99 | Recompletion | Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc. | Jun 21, 1996 | Jun 21, 1996 | May 16, 1996 | 8,500 |
| 441871-99 | Drill | Little, Lou Operating Co., Inc. | Nov 13, 1995 | Nov 14, 1995 | Dec 14, 1995 | 8,600 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-4-156728 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-4-12583 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 44 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 8,239 | 8,244 | Perforated |
| 8,380 | 8,385 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 1,500 | 12.25 | 700 S |
| 4.5 | 8,489 | 7.875 | 545 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 | Sep 5, 1996 | Jun 26, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 22, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | Mar 27, 1996 | Jan 23, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Feb 1, 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 42-409-32489 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-409-32489 → 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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