WELL · 42-123-30775 · DISTRICT 2
Hotz Lorena #1
DE Witt County · Thomaston (Yegua 4800) field · Vertical
Hotz Lorena #1 (API 42-123-30775) is a plugged well in De Witt County, plugged May 4, 2004, last operated by U.S. Energy Inc..
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued October 18, 1977, permitted to 5,500 ft.
It was permitted by Sed, Inc. and has since transferred to U.S. Energy Inc. on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 15.4K barrels of oil and 23 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2004.
Operator of record
Permitted by Sed, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Farmers Brnch, TX · P-5 Y, filed Sep 4, 2009 · 41 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | U.S. Energy Inc. |
| Production reports | Mid-Continent Petroleum Companythrough May 2003 |
| Latest permit | Sed, Inc.Oct 18, 1977 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 5,500
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Oct 18, 1977
- last permit issued
- Jul 23, 1977
- completed
- 15.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 23
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2004
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Jul 23, 1977
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- May 4, 2004
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotz, Lorena O-2-6034 | Thomaston (Yegua 4800) | Express Oil Co. | 1 | 15.4K | 23 | Jan 1993 – Jul 2004 |
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.
- 1Prairie Petroleum, IncJan 1993 → May 1999
- 2Mid-Continent Petroleum CompanyJun 1999 → May 2003
Permits
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-2-6034 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,841 | 4,860 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.625 | 410 | 12.25 | 250 S |
| 2 | 4,825 | — | — |
| 4.5 | 4,994 | 7.875 | 720 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 | Nov 3, 1980 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Sep 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 42-123-30775 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-123-30775 → 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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