TEXAS · WELLS · WARD COUNTY · WATSON, GRUBE LEASE · API 42-475-32284 · DISTRICT 7B
Watson Grube #1
Ward County · Payton field · Producing · Vertical
Watson Grube #1 (API 42-475-32284) is a well in Ward County operated by Lonesome B LLC, completed September 15, 1981 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued March 24, 1981, permitted to 2,350 ft.
It was permitted by Three-B Oil Company, The and has since transferred to Lonesome B LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 3.85K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Three-B Oil Company, The; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Monahans, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Aug 22, 2025
- Phone
- (432) 547-3177
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Lonesome B LLC |
| Production reports | Lonesome B, LLCthrough Jun 2025 |
| Latest permit | Three-B Oil Company, TheMar 24, 1981 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 2,350
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Mar 24, 1981
- last permit issued
- Sep 15, 1981
- completed
- 3.85K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 21
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 15, 1981
- Shut in
- —
- 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.
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson, Grube O-10-26830 | Payton | Lonesome B, LLC | 1 | 3.85K | 21 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2026 |
Oil, barrels lease total
Last 12 months 32 · prior 12 85(-62%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Hogan & Craft Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Apr 2006
- 2Craft & Craft Oil CompanyDec 2006 → Sep 2024
- 3Lonesome B, LLCJan 2025 → Jun 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113048-99 | Drill | Three-B Oil Company, The | Mar 24, 1981 | Mar 24, 1981 | Jun 16, 1981 | 2,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 1981 | Watson Grube O-10-26830 | Payton | Lonesome B LLC | Producing | 2,350 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 2,124 | 2,298 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 200 | 9.875 | 150 S |
| 2.375 | 2,300 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 2,350 | 6.5 | 150 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 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 29, 1981 | — |
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 42-475-32284 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-32284 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. 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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