WELL · 42-225-30434 · DISTRICT 3
Dorrell #1ST
Houston County · Horizontal · Sidetrack
Dorrell #1ST (API 42-225-30434) is a permitted horizontal well in Houston County filed by Bellwether Exploration Company; no completion report is on file yet.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1982 and 1999, permitted to 20,000 ft.
Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Edwards, Glen Rose, Rodessa, Travis Peak.
Operator of record
Bellwether Exploration Company
Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 11, 2002 · 61 permits on file
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | none |
| Production reports | Bellwether Exploration Companythrough Dec 1999 |
| Latest permit | Bellwether Exploration CompanyDec 15, 1999 |
- 20,000
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Dec 15, 1999
- last permit issued
- —
- completed
- 0
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 42.2K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Oct 2000
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 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorrell O-3-23877 | FT Trinidad, E. (Edwards -A-) | Bellwether Exploration Company | 1 | 0 | 0 | Mar 2000 – Oct 2000 |
| Dorrell, Thomas W. G-3-106682 | Fort Trinidad, W. (Glen Rose,up) | Bellwether Exploration Company | 1 | 0 | 42.2K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2000 |
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.
- 1Parten Oil Co.Jan 1993 → Jan 1994
- 2Parten Operating Inc.Feb 1994 → Nov 1999
- 3Bellwether Exploration CompanyDec 1999 → Dec 1999
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 490404-99 | Recompletion · sidetrack | Bellwether Exploration Company | Dec 15, 1999 | Dec 15, 1999 | Jan 1, 2000 | 9,600 |
| 202011-99 | Drill | Parten, J. R. | Jul 11, 1983 | Jul 11, 1983 | Jul 7, 1982 | 11,000 |
| 164343-99 | Drill | Parten, J. R. | Jun 22, 1982 | Jun 22, 1982 | Jul 7, 1982 | 20,000 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — G-3-106682 | — | — | — | — |
| — | — O-3-23877 | — | — | — | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 166 ft elevation.Download CSV →
| Formation | MD ft | Subsea |
|---|---|---|
| Edwards | 9,380 | -9,214 |
| Glen Rose | 10,010 | -9,844 |
| Rodessa | 11,052 | -10,886 |
| Travis Peak | 13,874 | -13,708 |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 10,126 | 10,757 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 2,280 | 14.75 | 1,235 S |
| 2.875 | 10,072 | — | — |
| 7.625 | 13,892 | 9.875 | 1,250 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 | Dec 7, 2000 | May 24, 2000 | — |
| 00 | Oct 9, 2000 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Aug 12, 1983 | — |
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 42-225-30434 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-225-30434 → 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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