WELL · 42-285-30173 · DISTRICT 2

Ploeger Dorthy #1

Plugged

Lavaca County · Borchers South (3600) field · Vertical

Ploeger Dorthy #1 (API 42-285-30173) is a plugged well in Lavaca County, plugged January 27, 1997, last operated by Meadow View Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits (amended once) between 1982 and 1988, permitted to 4,400 ft.

Completion filings report 4 formation tops, including Miocene (undifferentiated), Catahoula, Frio, Vicksburg.

Operator of record

Meadow View Inc.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 3, 1992 · 58 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Meadow View Inc.
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Meadow View, Inc.Aug 29, 1988

4,400: total depth, ft
3: permits on file
Aug 29, 1988: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Jan 1997

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: —
Shut in: —
Plugged: Jan 27, 1997

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
Ploeger, Dorothy G-2-129927	Borchers, East (1250)	American Exploration Company	1	0	0	Jan 1993 – Jan 1997

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
350577-98	Recompletion	Meadow View, Inc.	Jan 16, 1989	Aug 29, 1988	—	4,400
350577-99	Recompletion	Meadow View, Inc.	Aug 26, 1988	Aug 29, 1988	—	4,400
161765-99	Recompletion	1400 Corp	May 25, 1982	May 25, 1982	—	2,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-2-129927	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

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

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Miocene (undifferentiated)MIOCENE SANDS	1,910	-1,794
CatahoulaCATAHOULA SANDS	2,560	-2,444
FrioFRIO SANDS & SHALE	3,050	-2,934
VicksburgVICKSBURG SAND	4,060	-3,944

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
1,258	1,262	Perforated
2,296	2,299	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	486	12.25	200 S
2.375	2,276	—	—
5.5	4,285	7.875	675 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 →

Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
Mar 30, 1989	Feb 3, 1989	Yes
Mar 11, 1989	—	—
Jan 12, 1984	Jun 11, 1982	—
Jan 12, 1984	Dec 20, 1976	—
Jan 12, 1984	Nov 27, 1973	—

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 42-285-30173 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-285-30173 → 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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