WELL · 42-041-31833 · DISTRICT 3

Rotello #1H

Plugged

Brazos County · Navasota River (Cretaceous Lwr.) field  · Horizontal

Rotello #1H (API 42-041-31833) is a plugged horizontal well in Brazos County, plugged February 9, 2011, last operated by Enervest Operating L.L.C..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1994 and 2003, permitted to 16,150 ft.

It was permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and has since transferred to Enervest Operating L.L.C. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 2 formation tops, including Austin Chalk, Georgetown.

Operator of record

Enervest Operating L.L.C.

Permitted by Chesapeake Operating, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · 1,249 permits on file · (713) 659-3500

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore scheduleEnervest Operating L.L.C.
Production reportsEnervest Operating, L.L.C.through Jan 2011
Latest permitChesapeake Operating, Inc.Feb 5, 2003

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

16,150
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Feb 5, 2003
last permit issued
Apr 4, 2003
completed
0
cumulative oil, bbl
2.07M
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Nov 1994 THROUGH Sep 2011

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
Apr 4, 2003
Shut in
—
Plugged
Feb 9, 2011

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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Rotello, Charles G-3-153165Giddings (Austin Chalk, Gas)Chesapeake Operating, Inc.10334KNov 1994 – Sep 2011
Rotello G-3-194609Navasota River (Cretaceous Lwr.)Enervest Operating, L.L.C.101.74MApr 2003 – Feb 2011

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. 1Westpark Petroleum, Inc.Nov 1994 → Apr 2001
  2. 2Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Apr 2003 → Jun 2009
  3. 3Enervest Operating, L.L.C.Jul 2009 → Jan 2011

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
528104-99RecompletionChesapeake Operating, Inc.Feb 5, 2003Feb 5, 2003Feb 15, 200315,000
426890-99DrillWestpark Petroleum, Inc.Aug 12, 1994Sep 1, 1994Sep 3, 199416,150

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— G-3-153165————
—— G-3-194609————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 196 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Austin Chalk13,130-12,934
GeorgetownGEORGETOWN TOP LWR K13,904-13,708
GeorgetownGEORGETOWN BASE LWR K14,214-14,018

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
13,54515,575Perforated
13,79216,311Perforated
13,93118,117Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
10.752,99014.751,285 S
9.6252,99014.751,285 S
5.512,8827.62580 S
7.62513,1799.875590 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
00Jun 10, 2003May 15, 2003Yes
00Jun 4, 2003——
00Mar 15, 1995Jan 30, 1995Yes
00Mar 10, 1995——

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.

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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