WELL · 42-355-33065 · DISTRICT 4

J.O. Chapman #1261ST

J.O. Chapman #1261ST (API 42-355-33065) is a permitted well in Nueces County filed by Decker Operating CO., L.L.C.; no completion report is on file yet.

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 1997 and 2009, permitted to 13,500 ft.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Howell Hight.

Operator of record

Decker Operating Co., L.L.C.

Houston, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jan 4, 2026 · 137 permits on file · (361) 289-1641

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	none
Production reports	Decker Operating Co., L.L.C.through Nov 2009
Latest permit	Decker Operating Co., L.L.C.Nov 24, 2009

13,500: total depth, ft
2: permits on file
Nov 24, 2009: last permit issued
—: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
972K: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Apr 1997 THROUGH May 2010

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; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
Chapman, J.O. 38 G-4-164385	Mobil-David, W. (Howell Hight)	Decker Operating Co., L.L.C.	1	0	972K	Apr 1997 – May 2010

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.

1Shell Western E&P Inc.May 1997 → Aug 1999
2Shana Petroleum CompanySep 1999 → Apr 2002
3Neg Operating LLCMay 2002 → May 2004
4Decker Operating Co., L.L.C.Jun 2004 → Nov 2009

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
687755-99	Recompletion	Decker Operating Co., L.L.C.	Nov 20, 2009	Nov 24, 2009	—	13,500
457626-99	Drill	Shell Western E&P Inc.	Jan 21, 1997	Jan 21, 1997	Feb 14, 1997	12,900

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-4-164385	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 42 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Howell Hight	12,354	-12,312

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
12,440	12,480	Perforated
12,502	12,527	Perforated
12,552	12,580	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
13.375	1,550	17.5	1,580 S
9.625	10,000	12.25	2,170 S
3.5	12,830	8.5	995 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	Oct 16, 1997	Jul 16, 1997	Yes
00	Sep 26, 1997	—	—

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 42-355-33065 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-355-33065 → 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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