WELL · 42-047-01434 · DISTRICT 4
Mestena Oil & Gas Co. 1 #43
Brooks County · Alta Mesa (M-14) field · Vertical
Mestena Oil & Gas CO. 1 #43 (API 42-047-01434) is a plugged well in Brooks County, plugged June 16, 2003, last operated by Standard Oil Company Of Texas.
The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued April 26, 1978, permitted to 4,930 ft.
It was permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc. and has since transferred to Standard Oil Company Of Texas on the wellbore schedule.
Its lease has reported 43.9K barrels of oil and 112K mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in March 2008.
Operator of record
Permitted by Chevron U. S. A. Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
Unknown, XX · P-5 Y
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Standard Oil Company of Texas |
| Production reports | Mestena Operating, Ltd.through Nov 2002 |
| Latest permit | Chevron U. S. A. Inc.Apr 26, 1978 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 4,930
- total depth, ft
- 1
- permits on file
- Apr 26, 1978
- last permit issued
- Sep 1, 1967
- completed
- 43.9K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 112K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Mar 2008
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- OFF SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Sep 1, 1967
- Shut in
- —
- Plugged
- Jun 16, 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mestena Oil & Gas Co. 1 O-4-5562 | Alta Mesa (L-12) | Mestena Operating, Ltd. | 1 | 43.9K | 112K | Jan 1993 – Mar 2008 |
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.
- 1Mestena, Inc.Jan 1993 → Sep 2001
- 2Mestena Operating, Ltd.Oct 2001 → Sep 2002
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22949-99 | Recompletion | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Apr 26, 1978 | Apr 26, 1978 | — | 4,930 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — O-4-5562 | — | — | — | — |
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4,644 | 4,668 | Perforated |
| 5,263 | 5,282 | Perforated |
| — | 4,706 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.625 | 1,794 | 9.875 | 405 S |
| 4.5 | 5,513 | 6.75 | 375 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 | Aug 16, 1978 | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | — | — |
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 42-047-01434 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-047-01434 → 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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