TEXAS · WELLS · WASHINGTON COUNTY · ZIENTEK UNIT LEASE · API 42-477-30958 · DISTRICT 03
Zientek Unit #1
Washington County · Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) field · Temp Abandoned · 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.
Zientek Unit #1 (API 42-477-30958) is a horizontal well in Washington County operated by Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC, completed March 10, 2006 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in December 1, 2015.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 3, 2005, permitted to 14,541 ft.
It was permitted by Anadarko E&P Company LP and has since transferred to Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Wilcox, Midway, Pecan Gap, Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 285K mcf of gas since March 2006, with no volume in the three years through August 2026.
Operator of record
Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC
Permitted by Anadarko E&P Company LP; 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
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC |
| Production reports | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLCthrough Nov 2015 |
| Latest permit | Anadarko E&P Company LPNov 3, 2005 |
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 3, 2005
- last permit issued
- Mar 10, 2006
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 285K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · MAY 2006 THROUGH NOV 2015
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 10, 2006
- Shut in
- Dec 1, 2015
- 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.
Wells nearby
Every well with a location on file around this well, in any state, nearest first.
Texas locations come from drilling permits, so most older Texas wells have none and are not listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zientek Unit G-3-217837 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | 1 | 0 | 285K | Mar 2006 – Nov 2015 |
No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.
Wells named Zientek Unit
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.
Loading the lease's wellsChain of custody
Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.
- 1Anadarko E&P Company LPMay 2006 → Jul 2007
- 2Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Aug 2007 → Nov 2015
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 608890-99 | Drill | Anadarko E&P Company LP | Nov 2, 2005 | Nov 3, 2005 | Nov 28, 2005 | 15,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2006 | Zientek Unit G-3-217837 | Giddings (Austin Chalk-3) | Magnolia Oil & Gas Operating LLC | Temp Abandoned · shut in Dec 1, 2015 | 14,541 |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 345 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 5,599 | -5,254 |
| Midway | 10,210 | -9,865 |
| Pecan Gap | 13,441 | -13,096 |
| Austin Chalk | 14,493 | -14,148 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 14,518 | 15,704 | Perforated |
| 14,518 | 16,209 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 2,832 | 17.5 | 2,180 S |
| 9.625 | 11,600 | 12.25 | 700 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 | Jan 11, 2007 | Jun 27, 2006 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 8, 2006 | — | — |
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 42-477-30958 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-477-30958 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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