WELL · 42-165-35224 · DISTRICT 8

Jones 496-G #2

Plugged

Gaines County · Tex-Pac (Yates) field · Vertical

Jones 496-G #2 (API 42-165-35224) is a plugged well in Gaines County, plugged October 26, 2005, last operated by Whitehawk Production Company.

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 4, 1997, permitted to 3,500 ft.

It was permitted by Hicon Gas Producers, Inc. and has since transferred to Whitehawk Production Company on the wellbore schedule.

Completion filings report one formation top, including Yates.

Operator of record

Whitehawk Production Company

Permitted by Hicon Gas Producers, Inc.; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Midland, TX · P-5 Y, filed Jun 8, 2018

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Whitehawk Production Company
Production reports	none
Latest permit	Hicon Gas Producers, Inc.Aug 4, 1997

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

3,500: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Aug 4, 1997: last permit issued
Oct 8, 1997: completed
0: cumulative oil, bbl
0: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Oct 1997 THROUGH Oct 2005

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Oct 8, 1997
Shut in: —
Plugged: Oct 26, 2005

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
Jones 496-G G-11-165653	Tex-Pac (Yates)	Whitehawk Production Company	1	0	0	Oct 1997 – Oct 2005

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

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
465501-99	Drill	Hicon Gas Producers, Inc.	Jul 28, 1997	Aug 4, 1997	Aug 6, 1997	3,500

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— G-11-165653	—	—	—	—

Formation tops

As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 3,582 ft elevation.Download CSV →

Formation	MD ft	Subsea
Yates	2,878	704

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
2,878	3,063	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	357	12.25	300 S
4.5	3,500	7.875	990 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 15, 1998	Nov 3, 1997	Yes
00	Dec 30, 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 42-165-35224 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-165-35224 → scanned completion filings

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.

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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