TEXAS · WELLS · WARD COUNTY · FORTSON GAS UNIT LEASE · API 42-475-34682 · DISTRICT 7B
Fortson Gas Unit #2H
Ward County · Block 16 (Montoya) field · Producing · Horizontal
Fortson Gas Unit #2H (API 42-475-34682) is a horizontal well in Ward County operated by Xto Energy Inc., completed May 15, 2001 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 22, 2000, permitted to 14,541 ft.
It was permitted by Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc. and has since transferred to Xto Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Rustler, Delaware, Wolfcamp, Strawn.
Its lease has reported 20.7K barrels of oil and 6.69M mcf of gas since May 2001, last reporting volume in April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Spring, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 8, 2026
- Permits on file
- 16,156
- Phone
- (346) 502-1572
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | XTO Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | XTO Energy Inc.through Apr 2026 |
| Latest permit | Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Nov 22, 2000 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,541
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 22, 2000
- last permit issued
- May 15, 2001
- completed
- 20.7K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 6.69M
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2001 THROUGH Apr 2026
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- May 15, 2001
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortson Gas Unit G-10-189144 | Block 16 (Montoya) | XTO Energy Inc. | 1 | 20.7K | 6.69M | May 2001 – Apr 2026 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 77,501 · prior 12 41,727(+86%)
Chain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc.Jun 2001 → Dec 2011
- 2XTO Energy Inc.Jan 2012 → Apr 2026
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502286-99 | Drill | Mobil Producing TX. & N.M. Inc. | Nov 22, 2000 | Nov 22, 2000 | Dec 24, 2000 | 14,725 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2001 | Fortson Gas Unit G-10-189144 | Block 16 (Montoya) | XTO Energy Inc. | Producing | 14,541 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 2,605 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 14,158 | 18,133 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 2,779 | 17.5 | 1,300 S |
| 9.625 | 10,005 | 12.25 | 2,870 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Sep 4, 2002 | Jul 25, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 8, 2002 | — | — |
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 42-475-34682 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-475-34682 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it. The University Lands library has no per-well link: then paste it into its 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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