WELL · 42-497-33271 · DISTRICT 9
Bankston William #2
Wise County · Park Springs (Congl.) field · Vertical
Bankston William #2 (API 42-497-33271) is a plugged well in Wise County, plugged August 7, 2007, last operated by Knight Reuben B..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 13, 1987, permitted to 7,000 ft.
It was permitted by Penny, Everett J. and has since transferred to Knight Reuben B. on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Conglomerate.
Its lease has reported 1.24K barrels of oil and 119K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in February 2008. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Penny, Everett J.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Windthorst, TX · P-5 Y, filed Mar 4, 2011 · 66 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Knight Reuben B. |
| Production reports | Knight, Reuben B.through Dec 2006 |
| Latest permit | Penny, Everett J.Nov 13, 1987 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 7,000
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Nov 13, 1987
- last permit issued
- Mar 5, 1988
- completed
- 1.24K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 119K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Mar 5, 1988
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 7, 2007
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; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bankston, William O-13-19422 | Park Springs (Congl.) | Knight, Reuben B. | 2 | 1.24K | 119K | Jan 1993 – Feb 2008 |
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.
- 1Knight, Reuben B.Jan 1993 → Dec 2006
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 338730-99 | Drill | Penny, Everett J. | Nov 12, 1987 | Nov 13, 1987 | — | 7,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-13-19422 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 936 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Conglomerate | 5,720 | -4,784 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 5,720 | 5,726 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 575 | 12.25 | 375 S |
| 2.875 | 5,960 | 7.875 | 150 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 →
| Suffix | Filed | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Apr 15, 1988 | Apr 4, 1988 | Yes |
| 00 | Apr 11, 1988 | — | — |
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 42-497-33271 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-497-33271 → scanned completion filings
Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.
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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