WELL · 42-055-32465 · DISTRICT 1

Dorn James #12

Plugged

Caldwell County · Luling-Branyon field · Vertical

Dorn James #12 (API 42-055-32465) is a plugged well in Caldwell County, plugged October 11, 2016, last operated by Sotol Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued November 25, 1981, permitted to 2,000 ft.

It was permitted by Bisco Energy, Inc. and has since transferred to Sotol Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 1.88K barrels of oil and 10 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in April 2025.

Operator of record

Sotol Energy Inc.

Permitted by Bisco Energy, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Magnolia, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 4, 2025 · 6 permits on file · (281) 797-3905

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Sotol Energy Inc.
Production reports	Energypro, Inc.through May 1999
Latest permit	Bisco Energy, Inc.Nov 25, 1981

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

2,000: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Nov 25, 1981: last permit issued
Feb 12, 1982: completed
1.88K: cumulative oil, bbl
10: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Apr 2025

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Feb 12, 1982
Shut in: —
Plugged: Oct 11, 2016

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Dorn, James O-1-1118	Luling-Branyon	Sotol Energy, Inc.	1	1.88K	10	Jan 1993 – Apr 2025

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.

1O.G.O. RefiningJan 1993 → Apr 1993
2Energypro, Inc.Mar 1994 → May 1999

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
142170-99	Drill	Bisco Energy, Inc.	Nov 25, 1981	Nov 25, 1981	—	2,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-1-1118	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
1,875	1,884	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
2.375	1,760	—	—
4.5	1,935	6.75	228 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	Jan 12, 1984	Mar 24, 1982	—

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 42-055-32465 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-055-32465 → 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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