TEXAS · WELLS · WEBB COUNTY · PALAFOX UNIT LEASE · API 42-479-37993 · DISTRICT 04
Palafox Unit #57
Webb County · Gold River North (Olmos) field · Vertical
- Fields on the latest permit · any of 2
- Dos Hermanos (Olmos) · Dos Hermanos, W. (Olmos)
- 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.
Palafox Unit #57 (API 42-479-37993) is a plugged well in Webb County, plugged October 10, 2025, last operated by Fasken Oil And Ranch Ltd..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit (amended once), issued November 28, 2001, permitted to 9,000 ft.
It was permitted by Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. and has since transferred to Fasken Oil And Ranch Ltd. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 392 barrels of oil and 361K mcf of gas since December 2001, last reporting volume in March 2025.
Operator of record
Permitted by Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Midland, TX
- P-5 status
- Active (A)
- P-5 last filed
- Nov 14, 2025
- Permits on file
- 2,059
- Phone
- (432) 687-1777
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd. |
| Production reports | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.through Mar 2025 |
| Latest permit | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.Nov 28, 2001 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,000
- total depth, ft
- 2
- permits on file
- Nov 28, 2001
- last permit issued
- Dec 7, 2001
- completed
- 392
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 361K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · DEC 2001 THROUGH MAR 2025
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Dec 7, 2001
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Oct 10, 2025
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palafox Unit G-4-187407 | Gold River, North (Olmos) | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. | 1 | 392 | 361K | Dec 2001 – Mar 2025 |
Gas, mcf lease total
Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 2,937(-100%)
Wells named Palafox Unit
Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Webb 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.
- 1Lewis Petro Properties, Inc.Dec 2001 → Mar 2025
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515653-98 | Drill | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | Feb 14, 2002 | Nov 28, 2001 | — | 9,000 |
| 515653-99 | Drill | Lewis Petro Properties, Inc. | Nov 28, 2001 | Nov 28, 2001 | Nov 25, 2001 | 9,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2001 | Palafox Unit G-4-187407 | Gold River North (Olmos) | Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,498 | 5,503 | Perforated |
| 5,520 | 5,524 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.625 | 1,650 | 9.875 | 330 S |
| 2.875 | 5,718 | 6.75 | 935 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 | Apr 30, 2002 | Jan 24, 2002 | Yes |
| 00 | Mar 12, 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 42-479-37993 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-479-37993 → 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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