WELL · 42-163-32798 · DISTRICT 1
King J.H. B #12
Frio County · Pearsall (Austin Chalk) field · Horizontal
King J.H. B #12 (API 42-163-32798) is a plugged horizontal well in Frio County, plugged January 5, 1994, last operated by Placid Oil Company.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 6, 1990, permitted to 8,386 ft.
Completion filings report one formation top, including Austin Chalk.
Its lease has reported 1.2K barrels of oil and 954 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 1994. The lease carries 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 9, 2000 · 83 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Placid Oil Company |
| Production reports | Placid Oil Companythrough Jan 1994 |
| Latest permit | Placid Oil CompanyAug 6, 1990 |
- 8,386
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Aug 6, 1990
- last permit issued
- Sep 26, 1990
- completed
- 1.2K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 954
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 1994
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 26, 1990
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jan 5, 1994
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King,j.h. "B" O-1-6478 | Pearsall (Austin Chalk) | Placid Oil Company | 2 | 1.2K | 954 | Jan 1993 – Mar 1994 |
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.
- 1Placid Oil CompanyJan 1993 → Jan 1994
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376295-99 | Drill | Placid Oil Company | Aug 6, 1990 | Aug 6, 1990 | — | 8,386 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-1-6478 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 543 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Chalk | 6,167 | -5,624 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 6,167 | 8,254 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 40 | — | — |
| 10.75 | 750 | 14.5 | 575 S |
| 7 | 3,127 | 9.875 | 1,045 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 | Feb 6, 1991 | Oct 12, 1990 | Yes |
| 00 | Jan 10, 1991 | — | — |
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 42-163-32798 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-163-32798 → 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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