WELL · 42-165-02390 · DISTRICT 8

Jones 496 "C" #1

Plugged

Gaines County  · Vertical

Jones 496 "C" #1 (API 42-165-02390) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged April 10, 2018, last operated by Platinum Exploration Inc..

The RRC has issued 2 drilling permits between 2002 and 2003, permitted to 12,000 ft.

Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Pennsylvanian, Mississippian, Devonian.

Its lease has reported 36.5K barrels of oil and 6.04K mcf of gas since June 2003, last reporting in June 2018.

Operator of record

Platinum Exploration Inc.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Oct 4, 2025 · 84 permits on file

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedulenone
Production reportsXTO Energy Inc.through Nov 2010
Latest permitPlatinum Exploration Inc.Mar 10, 2003
12,000
total depth, ft
2
permits on file
Mar 10, 2003
last permit issued
—
completed
36.5K
cumulative oil, bbl
6.04K
cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jun 2003 THROUGH Jun 2018

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule
OFF SCHEDULE
Completed
—
Shut in
—
Plugged
Apr 10, 2018

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 →

LeaseFieldReporting operatorWellsOil, bblGas, mcfReported
Jones 496 "C" O-11-68597Russell, North (Devonian)XTO Energy Inc.136.5K6.04KJun 2003 – Jun 2018

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.

  1. 1Platinum Exploration Inc.Jun 2003 → Nov 2005
  2. 2XTO Energy Inc.Dec 2005 → Apr 2010

Permits

PermitTypeOperatorReceivedIssuedSpudDepth
529431-99ReenterPlatinum Exploration Inc.Mar 10, 2003Mar 10, 2003Mar 11, 200312,000
519014-99ReenterCet Energy CorporationApr 11, 2002Apr 16, 2002—5,150

Completions

CompletedLeaseFieldOperatorStatusDepth
—— O-11-68597————

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,590 ft elevation.Download CSV →

FormationMD ftSubsea
Pennsylvanian9,400-5,810
MississippianLOWER MISSISSIPPIAN10,403-6,813
Devonian11,139-7,549

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

FromToType
11,14411,169Open hole
—11,125Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing inSet atHole inCement
13.37531617.5300 S
8.6254,29812.252,500 S
5.511,1447.875300 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 →

SuffixFiledW-2 / G-1 dateLogs referenced
00Oct 6, 2003Jul 28, 2003—
00Aug 15, 2003——
00Jan 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.

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward) and the University Lands library. then paste it into their search.

Beyond the permit record

RRC UIC permits · H-10 reported volumes

Injection

0
bbl, last 12 reported months
0
bbl, all reported
Oct 2023
reported through
UICKindStatusPermitted bbl/dMax psiZone ft
000092955H-1 InjectionPlugged Apr 20, 201820,0002,8507,050–11,500

MONTHLY INJECTED, BBL · H-10 · LAST 24 REPORTED MONTHS

Last 12 months 0 · prior 12 0

0120222023

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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