TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · GATES RANCH LEASE · API 42-479-32540 · DISTRICT 01
Gates Ranch #1-63
Webb County · Catarina SW. (San Miguel-Gas) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Catarina, SW. (Olmos) · Catarina, SW. (San Miguel-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.
Gates Ranch #1-63 (API 42-479-32540) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged March 29, 2006, last operated by Lewis Petro Properties Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 30, 1979, permitted to 6,000 ft.
It was permitted by U. S. Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Lewis Petro Properties Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 1.19K barrels of oil and 166K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026.
Operator of record
Permitted by U. S. Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- San Antonio, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Jan 28, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,007
- Phone
- (210) 384-3200
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Lewis Petro Properties Inc. |
| Production reports | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.through Dec 2004 |
| Latest permit | U. S. Operating, Inc.Oct 30, 1979 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 6,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 30, 1979
- last permit issued
- Jun 4, 1980
- completed
- 1.19K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 166K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Dec 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jun 4, 1980
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 29, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Ranch G-1-88659 | Catarina, SW. (San Miguel-Gas) | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | 1 | 1.19K | 166K | Jan 1993 – Dec 2004 |
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.
- 1U. S. Operating, Inc.Jan 1993 → Oct 2001
- 2Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.Nov 2001 → Dec 2004
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62362-99 | Drill | U. S. Operating, Inc. | Oct 30, 1979 | Oct 30, 1979 | — | 6,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1980 | Gates Ranch G-1-88659 | Catarina SW. (San Miguel-Gas) | Lewis Petro Properties Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,120 | 5,185 | Perforated |
| 5,399 | 5,405 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 335 | 12.25 | 225 S |
| 2.375 | 5,030 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 5,600 | 7.875 | 1,200 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 | Jul 23, 2001 | Apr 2, 2001 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jul 21, 1980 | — |
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 42-479-32540 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-32540 → 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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