WELL · 42-227-31972 · DISTRICT 8

Denman, L. C. -B- #12

Denman, L. C. -B- #12 (API 42-227-31972) is a permitted well in Howard County filed by Sun Expl. & Prod. CO.-Midland; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1979 and 1983, permitted to 3,050 ft.

Its lease has reported 264K barrels of oil and 21 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in July 2026. The lease carries 19 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.

Operator of record

Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Midland

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 29, 1997 · 815 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	New Height Energy, LLCthrough Mar 2026
Latest permit	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-MidlandMay 4, 1983

3,050: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
May 4, 1983: last permit issued
—: completed
264K: cumulative oil, bbl
21: 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 lease this well is completed on; they carry 19 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Denman, L. C. -B- O-10-2919	Iatan, East Howard	New Height Energy, LLC	19	264K	21	Jan 1993 – Jul 2026

Oil, barrels lease total

Last 12 months 2,456 · prior 12 3,173(-23%)

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1American Exploration CompanyJan 1993 → May 1995
2Allegro Operating, Inc.Jun 1995 → Aug 1996
3Saga Pet. Ltd Liability Co of CoSep 1996 → Sep 2003
4Forest Oil CorporationOct 2003 → Sep 2009
5Linn Operating, Inc.Oct 2009 → Apr 2017
6Linn Operating, LLCMay 2017 → Mar 2018
7Scout Energy Management LLCApr 2018 → Nov 2025
8New Height Energy, LLCDec 2025 → Mar 2026

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
193484-99	Recompletion	Sun Expl. & Prod. Co.-Midland	May 4, 1983	May 4, 1983	—	3,050
58489-99	Drill	Sun Exploration & Production Co.	Sep 20, 1979	Sep 20, 1979	Sep 30, 1979	3,000

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-10-2919	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,386	3,007	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	135	12.25	140 S
2.375	3,007	—	—
5.5	3,050	7.875	450 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 27, 1979	—

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 42-227-31972 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-227-31972 → 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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