WELL · 42-431-30892 · DISTRICT 8

Watson, J. E. #2

Watson, J. E. #2 (API 42-431-30892) is a permitted well in Sterling County filed by Hunt Oil Company; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1980 and 2014, permitted to 8,800 ft.

Its 2 leases have reported 3.49K barrels of oil and 399K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 6 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Hunt Oil Company

Based in: Dallas, TX
P-5 status: Active – Extension (X)
P-5 last filed: May 20, 2026
Permits on file: 1,472
Phone: (214) 978-8000

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Hunt Oil Companythrough Dec 2014
Latest permit	Hunt Oil CompanyApr 3, 2014

8,800: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Apr 3, 2014: last permit issued
—: completed
3.49K: cumulative oil, bbl
399K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

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 6 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Watson, J. E. G-10-153132	Conger, SW (Penn)	P1 Energy, LLC	1	0	161K	Dec 1994 – Jul 2026
Watson, J. E. O-10-25670	Conger, SW (Penn)	Anadarko E&P Company LP	5	3.49K	239K	Jan 1993 – Mar 2008

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.

1Union Pacific Resources CompanyFeb 1993 → Jan 2001
2Rme Petroleum CompanyFeb 2001 → Nov 2002
3Anadarko E&P Company LPDec 2002 → Nov 2004
4Merit Energy CompanyDec 2004 → Nov 2013
5Hunt Oil CompanyDec 2013 → Dec 2014

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
780995-99	Recompletion	Hunt Oil Company	Feb 28, 2014	Apr 3, 2014	—	8,500
83597-99	Drill	Champlin Petroleum Co.	Jun 11, 1980	Jun 11, 1980	Jun 17, 1980	8,800

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-10-153132	—	—	—	—
—	— O-10-25670	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
8,225	8,375	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	180	17.5	150 S
8.625	2,172	12.25	1,675 S
2.375	8,200	—	—
4.5	8,500	7.875	1,475 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Mar 31, 1995	Feb 3, 1995	—
Mar 9, 1995	—	—
Jan 12, 1984	Aug 28, 1980	—

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 42-431-30892 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-431-30892 → 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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