TEXAS · WELLS · ZAPATA COUNTY · API 42-505-31566 · DISTRICT 04
De Garza Paula Estate #1
Zapata County · Fandango (Wilcox 15500) field · Vertical
De Garza Paula Estate #1 (API 42-505-31566) is a plugged well in Zapata County, plugged August 4, 1985, last operated by Shell Western E&P Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 19, 1982, permitted to 16,500 ft.
It was permitted by Shell Oil Company and has since transferred to Shell Western E&P Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Operator of record
Permitted by Shell Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Sep 16, 1999
- Permits on file
- 2,528
- Phone
- (281) 544-3215
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Shell Western E&P Inc. |
| Production reports | none |
| Latest permit | Shell Oil CompanyAug 19, 1982 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 16,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 19, 1982
- last permit issued
- Feb 10, 1983
- completed
- —
- cumulative oil, bbl
- —
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Feb 10, 1983
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Aug 4, 1985
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.
Wells named De Garza Paula Estate
Shell Western E&P Inc.'s other wells filed under this lease name in Zapata 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 wellsPermits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 169773-99 | Drill | Shell Oil Company | Aug 19, 1982 | Aug 19, 1982 | Aug 27, 1982 | 16,500 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 1983 | De Garza Paula Estate G-4-105443 | Fandango (Wilcox 15500) | Shell Western E&P Inc. | Plugged | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 15,275 | 15,282 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13.375 | 1,225 | 17.5 | 730 S |
| 7.625 | 7,551 | — | 470 S |
| 9.625 | 8,000 | 12.25 | 3,230 S |
| 5 | 15,510 | 6.75 | 600 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 26, 1984 | Mar 19, 1984 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Mar 19, 1984 | — |
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 42-505-31566 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-505-31566 → 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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