WELL · 42-477-30740 · DISTRICT 3
Shipnes-Butler #1RE
Washington County · Navasota River (Cretaceous Lwr.) field · Horizontal
Shipnes-Butler #1RE (API 42-477-30740) is a plugged horizontal well in Washington County, plugged February 28, 2007, last operated by Range Production Company.
The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1994 and 2001, permitted to 14,000 ft.
It was permitted by Wcs Oil And Gas Corporation and has since transferred to Range Production Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Operator of record
Permitted by WCS Oil and Gas Corporation; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Fort Worth, TX · P-5 Y, filed Nov 6, 2015 · 1,666 permits on file · (817) 980-4254
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Range Production Company |
| Production reports | Stroud Oil Properties, Inc.through Aug 2003 |
| Latest permit | WCS Oil and Gas CorporationJun 21, 2001 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 14,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Jun 21, 2001
- last permit issued
- Aug 15, 2001
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 332K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jul 1994 THROUGH Aug 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 15, 2001
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Feb 28, 2007
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shipnes-Butler G-3-186111 | Navasota River (Cretaceous Lwr.) | Range Production Company | 1 | 0 | 67.2K | Aug 2001 – Aug 2008 |
| Shipnes-Butler G-3-150980 | Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas) | WCS Oil and Gas Corporation | 1 | 0 | 264K | Jul 1994 – Aug 2001 |
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.
- 1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Jul 1994 → Aug 1999
- 2Douglas Petroleum Inc.Oct 1999 → Feb 2000
- 3Menard Energy Corp.Mar 2000 → May 2001
- 4WCS Oil and Gas CorporationAug 2001 → Feb 2002
- 5Stroud Oil Properties, Inc.Jul 2002 → Aug 2003
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 510590-99 | Recompletion | WCS Oil and Gas Corporation | Jun 21, 2001 | Jun 21, 2001 | Jun 27, 2001 | 14,000 |
| 424021-99 | Drill | Chesapeake Operating, Inc. | May 17, 1994 | May 17, 1994 | Jun 1, 1994 | 12,300 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-150980 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — G-3-186111 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 225 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 11,898 | -11,673 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 11,981 | 14,086 | Perforated |
| 11,981 | 14,848 | Perforated |
| 12,534 | 17,719 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,731 | 14.75 | 1,280 S |
| 7.625 | 11,936 | 9.875 | 1,030 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 | Feb 20, 2002 | Sep 20, 2001 | Yes |
| 00 | Dec 31, 2001 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 5, 1995 | Nov 2, 1994 | — |
| 00 | Oct 4, 1994 | Aug 31, 1994 | Yes |
| 00 | Sep 28, 1994 | — | — |
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 42-477-30740 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-477-30740 → 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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