WELL · 42-135-07812 · DISTRICT 8

James SWD #1604

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Ector County  · Vertical

James Swd #1604 (API 42-135-07812) is a former disposal or injection well in Ector County, last operated by BC Operating, Inc.; its UIC permit is no longer active.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2005 and 2012, permitted to 9,100 ft.

Completion filings report 5 formation tops, including Rustler, Yates, Grayburg, San Andres.

Its 2 leases have reported 276K barrels of oil and 146K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The leases carry 133 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

BC Operating, Inc.

Based in
Midland, TX
P-5 status
Active (A)
P-5 last filed
Mar 11, 2026
Permits on file
368
Phone
(432) 684-9696

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsLinn Operating, LLCthrough Mar 2018
Latest permitBC Operating, Inc.May 23, 2012
9,100
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
May 23, 2012
last permit issued
—
completed
276K
cumulative oil, bbl
146K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jul 2026

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
—

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 133 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Goldsmith, East Holt Unit O-10-20973Goldsmith, East (Holt)Scout Energy Management LLC132276K146KJan 1993 – Jul 2026
James SWD O-10-41971Goldsmith, East (Glorieta)Linn Operating, Inc.100Apr 2012 – Jul 2016

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. 1Kelt Oil & Gas, Inc.Jan 1993 → Dec 1994
  2. 2Costilla Petroleum CorporationJan 1995 → Jan 1997
  3. 3Costilla Energy, Inc.Feb 1997 → Jul 2000
  4. 4Cinco Resources Operating,l.l.c.Aug 2000 → Sep 2000
  5. 5Compass Operating, L.L.C.Oct 2000 → Apr 2011
  6. 6Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.Feb 2005 → Nov 2009
  7. 7BC Operating, Inc.May 2011 → Nov 2013
  8. 8Linn Operating, Inc.Dec 2013 → Apr 2017
  9. 9Linn Operating, LLCMay 2017 → Mar 2018

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
740733-99RecompletionBC Operating, Inc.May 15, 2012May 23, 2012Feb 17, 20129,100
604334-99RecompletionFasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.Aug 2, 2005Aug 4, 2005—4,895

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-10-20973————
—— O-10-41971————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,116 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Rustler1,6001,516
Yates2,770346
Grayburg3,880-764
San Andres4,160-1,044
Holt4,990-1,874

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
5,1205,128Perforated
5,1505,340Open hole
—4,998Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
8.625157——
13.37516117.5175 S
13.375161—175 S
8.6252,91512.25250 S
8.6252,915—250 S
2.3755,091——
4.55,214——
5.59,096—1,150 S
5.59,1008.751,150 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
00Nov 16, 2012Jun 7, 2012—
00Jun 27, 1988Apr 5, 1988—
00Jan 12, 1984Dec 28, 1964—
00Jan 12, 1984——

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) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

1.03M
bbl, last 12 reported months
7.47M
bbl, all reported
Sep 2016
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000104834H-1 InjectionPlugged Jul 8, 201612,0002,5005,100–5,450

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 1,026,247 · prior 12 2,214,991(-54%)

0100K200K300K20152016

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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