WELL · 42-065-31787 · DISTRICT 10

Kotara #1

Plugged

Carson County · Panhandle Carson County Field field · Vertical

Kotara #1 (API 42-065-31787) is a plugged well in Carson County, plugged April 10, 1992, last operated by Wta Energy Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 31, 1984, permitted to 3,600 ft.

It was permitted by Kylco Oil & Gas and has since transferred to Wta Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Brown Dolomite, White Dolomite, Arkosic Dolomite, Arkosic Limestone.

Operator of record

Wta Energy Inc.

Permitted by Kylco Oil & Gas; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Amarillo, TX · P-5 Y, filed Aug 3, 1992 · 14 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Wta Energy Inc.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Kylco Oil & GasOct 31, 1984

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

3,600: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Oct 31, 1984: last permit issued
Sep 15, 1985: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Aug 1996

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Sep 15, 1985
Shut in: —
Plugged: Apr 10, 1992

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
Kotara O-14-6177	Panhandle Carson County Field	Wta Energy Inc.	2	0	0	Jan 1993 – Aug 1996

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
256446-99	Drill	Kylco Oil & Gas	Oct 29, 1984	Oct 31, 1984	Jul 31, 1985	3,600

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-14-6177	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,294 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Brown Dolomite	2,610	684
White Dolomite	2,780	514
Arkosic Dolomite	2,820	474
Arkosic Limestone	2,860	434
Weathered Granite	2,870	424

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,790	3,364	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	814	12.25	275 S
5.5	3,403	7.875	200 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	Oct 23, 1985	Oct 4, 1985	—
00	Oct 12, 1985	—	—

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 42-065-31787 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-065-31787 → 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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