WELL · 42-123-30770 · DISTRICT 2
Prather #1
DE Witt County · Arneckeville (Yegua 4870 E) field · Vertical
Prather #1 (API 42-123-30770) is a plugged well in De Witt County, plugged March 28, 2012, last operated by Nelson James L..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued June 13, 1977, permitted to 5,100 ft.
It was permitted by Expando Oil Company and has since transferred to Nelson James L. on the wellbore schedule.
Its 2 leases have reported 6.32K barrels of oil and 78.8K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2012. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Expando Oil Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Pettus, TX
- P-5 status
- Inactive (I)
- P-5 last filed
- Apr 29, 2020
- Permits on file
- 51
- Phone
- (361) 375-2105
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Nelson James L. |
| Production reports | Nelson, James L.through Mar 2009 |
| Latest permit | Expando Oil CompanyJun 13, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,100
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Jun 13, 1977
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 6.32K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 78.8K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2012
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- —
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Mar 28, 2012
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 →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prather G-2-223106 | Arneckeville (Yegua 4870,E) | Nelson, James L. | 1 | 0 | 9.02K | Oct 2006 – Mar 2012 |
| Prather O-2-5454 | Arneckeville (Yegua 4870,E) | Nelson, James L. | 1 | 6.32K | 69.8K | Jan 1993 – Mar 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.
- 1CTR Petroleum, Inc.Jan 1993 → Feb 1995
- 2Texas Sunset Energy and Ent IncApr 1995 → Jan 2002
- 3Nelson, James L.Mar 2002 → Mar 2009
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 498-99 | Drill | Expando Oil Company | Jun 13, 1977 | Jun 13, 1977 | Jun 30, 1977 | 5,100 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-2-223106 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-2-5454 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| — | 4,880 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 553 | 12.25 | 280 S |
| 4.5 | 5,075 | 7.875 | 1,090 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 | May 4, 2007 | Oct 16, 2006 | — |
| 00 | Dec 12, 2006 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 2, 1977 | — |
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 42-123-30770 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-123-30770 → 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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