TEXAS · WELLS · WASHINGTON COUNTY · RAU QL LEASE · API 42-477-30815 · DISTRICT 03

Rau QL #1H

On schedule

Washington County · Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas) field · Producing · Horizontal

Fields on the latest permit · any of 2: Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) · Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas); Not one formation; the well must be completed in one of them, and no target formation is stated. The district's wildcat field is also on the permit.

Rau QL #1H (API 42-477-30815) is a horizontal well in Washington County operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, completed February 20, 1997 and listed as producing on the RRC schedule.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits in 1996, permitted to 19,300 ft.

It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Lwr Cretaceous (G.T), Lwr Cretactous (G.T.).

Its lease has reported 7 barrels of oil and 2.26M mcf of gas since May 1996, last reporting volume in August 2026.

Operator of record

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC

Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Houston, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: May 6, 2026
Permits on file: 617
Phone: (713) 842-9050

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SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Production reports	Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Aug 2026
Latest permit	Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Nov 7, 1996

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

19,300: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Nov 7, 1996: last permit issued
Feb 20, 1997: completed
7: cumulative oil, bbl
2.26M: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · MAR 1997 THROUGH AUG 2026

On this page3 formation tops Lease production 2 completions

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: ON SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 20, 1997
Shut in: —
Plugged: —

Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)

Surface location

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Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH AUG 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
Rau QL G-3-160770	Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)	Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC	1	7	2.26M	May 1996 – Aug 2026

Gas, mcf lease total

Last 12 months 26,633 · prior 12 29,882(-11%)

Wells named Rau QL

Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC's other wells filed under this lease name in Washington County, newest permit first. The RRC gives a gas well its own lease number, so the name is what joins the wells of a unit.

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Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Mar 1997 → Jun 2009
2Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Jul 2009 → Jul 2018
3Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCAug 2018 → Aug 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
462969-99	Recompletion	Chesapeake Operating, Inc.	Nov 7, 1996	Nov 7, 1996	Nov 27, 1996	15,000
445650-99	Drill	Chesapeake Operating, Inc.	Mar 7, 1996	Mar 7, 1996	Mar 13, 1996	15,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
Feb 20, 1997	Rau QL G-3-160770	Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas)	Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC	Producing	19,300
Feb 20, 1997	Rau QL G-3-160770	Giddings (Austin Chalk Gas)	Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC	Producing	19,300

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 277 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Austin Chalk	14,034	-13,757
LWR Cretaceous (G.T)	14,565	-14,288
LWR Cretactous (G.T.)	14,565	-14,288

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
14,075	16,611	Perforated
14,075	19,300	Perforated
14,576	16,845	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	2,530	17.5	1,418 S
9.625	11,500	12.25	880 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 →

RRC record date	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Sep 16, 1997	May 8, 1997	Yes
Dec 12, 1996	Nov 14, 1996	Yes
Dec 10, 1996	—	—

The source documents

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Wellbore filings for 42-477-30815 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-477-30815 → scanned completion filings

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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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