WELL · 42-481-33658 · DISTRICT 3

W.E. Swanson #2

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Wharton County  · Vertical

W.E. Swanson #2 (API 42-481-33658) is a permitted well in Wharton County filed by Viper S.W.D., LLC; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1993 and 2018, permitted to 5,300 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Catahoula, Massive Miocene, Frio, Canuck Hillje.

Its lease has reported 28K barrels of oil and 48.4K mcf of gas since January 1994, last reporting in September 2000.

Operator of record

Viper S.W.D., LLC

EL Campo, TX · P-5 Y, filed May 4, 2026 · 43 permits on file · (979) 541-7292

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsHollimon Oil Corporationthrough Dec 1999
Latest permitViper S.W.D., LLCJan 11, 2018
5,300
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Jan 11, 2018
last permit issued
—
completed
28K
cumulative oil, bbl
48.4K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1994 THROUGH Sep 2000

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

Surface location

29.236521, -96.386650

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Permit surface location from the RRC GIS record, in Wharton County.

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Swanson, W.E. O-3-22277Canuck (Hillje)Hollimon Oil Corporation128K48.4KJan 1994 – Sep 2000

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.

  1. 1Conoco Inc.Jan 1994 → Jan 1995
  2. 2S & P Energy, Inc.Feb 1995 → Jun 1995
  3. 3Unoso Operating CompanyAug 1995 → Aug 1995
  4. 4Hollimon Oil CorporationOct 1995 → Dec 1999

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
834758-99ReenterViper S.W.D., LLCJan 3, 2018Jan 11, 2018—5,300
417210-99DrillConoco Inc.Oct 18, 1993Oct 20, 1993Nov 1, 19935,300

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-3-22277————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 107 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Catahoula3,000-2,893
Massive Miocene3,190-3,083
FrioTOP FRIO3,715-3,608
Canuck Hillje4,167-4,060

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
4,1784,183Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.62550412.25265 S
54,6957.875350 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Apr 22, 1994Feb 15, 1994Yes
00Feb 25, 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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

Nearby wells and their tops

NEAREST 8 LOCATED WELLS WITH TOPS · WITHIN 16 KM

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This well's tops beside its 5 nearest neighbours, subsea-aligned so they line up regardless of surface terrain.

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Viper Swanson42-481-35425

0.7 KM · Viper S.W.D., LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)950
Frio1,970
Catahoula3,200
Whitsett - Disposal—
Anahuac—
Boling Dome - Disposal—
Hungerford - Disposal—
Yegua—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Wegenhoft, I.W.42-481-35456

1.3 KM · Viper S.W.D., LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)950-845
Frio1,970-1,865
Catahoula3,200-3,095
Boling Dome - Disposal—
Yegua—
Wilcox—
Whitsett - Disposal—
Hungerford - Disposal—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Wegenhoft, I.W.42-481-35477

1.3 KM · Viper S.W.D., LLC · Section with this well →

Frio1,970
Yegua2,650
Hungerford - Disposal2,990
Miocene (undifferentiated)3,000
Catahoula3,200
Boling Dome - Disposal—
Wilcox—
Whitsett - Disposal—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Viper-Knipling42-481-35433

1.7 KM · Viper S.W.D., LLC · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)964-859
Miocene (undifferentiated)1,948-1,843
Catahoula3,078-2,973
Catahoula3,200-3,095
Frio3,679-3,574
Frio—
Anahuac—
Boling Dome - Disposal—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Brothers-Knipling Oil Unit42-481-33591

2.4 KM · Viper S.W.D., LLC · Section with this well →

Catahoula3,140-3,036
Frio3,680-3,576
Knipling4,030-3,926
Hillje4,120-4,016

Weinheimer42-481-34760

3.0 KM · Transtexas Gas Corporation · Section with this well →

Frio5,414-5,294
Yegua7,068-6,948
Wilcox11,816-11,696

Naiser-Stovall Gas Unit42-481-35521

5.9 KM · Ricochet Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →

Miocene (undifferentiated)2,240-2,093
Frio3,250-3,103
Catahoula3,330-3,183
Vicksburg5,400-5,253
Jackson5,900-5,753
Yegua6,950-6,803
Miocene (undifferentiated)—
Anahuac—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

Merta Heirs Unit42-481-35437

6.2 KM · Ricochet Energy, Inc. · Section with this well →

Boling Dome - Disposal1,660
Whitsett - Disposal4,200
Gretta - Disposal4,510
Miocene (undifferentiated)4,520
Catahoula4,800
Frio5,800
Yegua7,800
Hungerford - Disposal—

10 TOPS · FIRST 8

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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