TEXAS · WELLS · HIDALGO COUNTY · API 42-215-30436 · DISTRICT 04
Hinojosa A #1
Hidalgo County · McMoran (8960) field · Temp Abandoned · Vertical
Hinojosa A #1 (API 42-215-30436) is a well in Hidalgo County operated by Hilcorp Energy Company, completed August 2, 1996 and listed as temp abandoned on the RRC schedule, shut in March 1, 2013.
The RRC has issued 3 drilling permits between 1978 and 1996, permitted to 9,368 ft.
It was permitted by Merit Energy Company and has since transferred to Hilcorp Energy Company on the wellbore schedule.
Completion filings report 3 formation tops, including Undifferentiated, Frio, Vicksburg.
Its 2 leases have reported 20.4K barrels of oil and 803K mcf of gas since January 1993, with no volume in the three years through April 2026. The leases carry 2 wells, so these are lease totals, not this well alone.
Operator of record
Permitted by Merit Energy Company; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.
- Based in
- Houston, TX
- P-5 status
- Active – Extension (X)
- P-5 last filed
- Mar 27, 2026
- Permits on file
- 3,458
- Phone
- (713) 209-2400
SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE
What each RRC source says
| Wellbore schedule | Hilcorp Energy Company |
| Production reports | Hilcorp Energy Companythrough Feb 2013 |
| Latest permit | Merit Energy CompanyJun 3, 1996 |
The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.
- 9,368
- total depth, ft
- 3
- permits on file
- Jun 3, 1996
- last permit issued
- Aug 2, 1996
- completed
- 20.4K
- cumulative oil, bbl
- 803K
- cumulative gas, mcf
PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Feb 2013
Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file
- Schedule
- ON SCHEDULE
- Completed
- Aug 2, 1996
- Shut in
- Mar 1, 2013
- Plugged
- —
Operator's P-5 on the schedule: Active (A)
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 2 leases this well is completed on; they carry 2 wells in total, so volumes are shared.Why →
| Lease | Field | Reporting operator | Wells | Oil, bbl | Gas, mcf | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinojosa "A" G-4-159395 | McMoran (8960) | Hilcorp Energy Company | 1 | 15.9K | 560K | Aug 1996 – Feb 2013 |
| Hinojosa "A" G-4-131064 | El Staggs (7330) | Merit Energy Company | 1 | 4.44K | 243K | Jan 1993 – Jul 1996 |
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.
- 1Merit Energy CompanyJan 1993 → Nov 2002
- 2Sierra Resources, LLCDec 2002 → Jun 2006
- 3Chesapeake Operating, Inc.Jul 2006 → Feb 2013
Permits
| Permit | Type | Operator | Received | Issued | Spud | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447577-99 | Recompletion | Merit Energy Company | Apr 30, 1996 | Jun 3, 1996 | Jun 5, 1996 | 9,368 |
| 355583-99 | Recompletion | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Jan 26, 1989 | Jan 27, 1989 | — | 9,368 |
| 17368-99 | Drill | Gulf Oil Corp. | Jan 31, 1978 | Jan 31, 1978 | — | 9,368 |
Completions
| Completed | Lease | Field | Operator | Status | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1996 | Hinojosa A G-4-159395 | McMoran (8960) | Hilcorp Energy Company | Temp Abandoned · shut in Mar 1, 2013 | 9,368 |
| Feb 15, 1995 | Hinojosa A G-4-131064 | El Staggs (7330) | Merit Energy Company | Not on Schedule | — |
| — | Hinojosa -A- G-4-74844 | McMoran (8960) | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | Not on Schedule | — |
Formation tops
As filed on W-2/G-1. Subsea from 187 ft elevation.Download CSV →
Perforations
Perforated and open-hole intervals.
| From | To | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 7,726 | 7,736 | Perforated |
| 7,886 | 7,892 | Perforated |
| 9,132 | 9,138 | Perforated |
| 9,166 | 9,210 | Perforated |
Casing
Strings as reported, shallowest first.
| Casing in | Set at | Hole in | Cement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10.75 | 3,047 | 14.75 | 1,300 S |
| 7 | 8,284 | 9.875 | 916 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. The record date is the RRC's own date on the record, not the day the report was filed: 462,034 of the state's filings carry 1984-01-12. About these reports →
| Suffix | RRC record date | W-2 / G-1 date | Logs referenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Sep 24, 1996 | Aug 14, 1996 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 21, 1996 | — | — |
| 00 | May 23, 1995 | Feb 27, 1995 | — |
| 00 | Sep 8, 1992 | Jul 9, 1992 | — |
| 00 | Aug 28, 1989 | Jun 7, 1989 | Yes |
| 00 | Aug 8, 1989 | Jun 6, 1989 | Yes |
| 00 | Jul 6, 1989 | — | — |
| 00 | Jan 12, 1984 | Jan 30, 1978 | — |
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 42-215-30436 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
- Completion packets for 42-215-30436 → scanned completion filings
Log images filed since 2004 open from the RRC's log search for this well; none are loaded here for it.
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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